Show me who you are

If you are a parent of a teenager (or plan on allowing your children to reach their teens), head on over to Letters to a Parent for a wonderful letter on raising teens. I love this concept of parenting: show me who you are. I just might have to tattoo it on my arm or engrave it over our fireplace.

Basic Joy

Anne Bentley Waddoups

“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

— Mary Oliver

“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.”

— Wendell Berry

Latest Instagrams:

~Change of venue~
Early this year, G & I decided to make some tweaks to our life, including selling our Andover home. We’ve loved that home and yet, on several levels and all at once, we knew this was what we needed to do. Chalk it up to a

Oh how I needed this weekend with these women. Thanks for gathering us, @akwhatcott
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#reasonstobejoyful #bostonfrienddiaspora
@tonahangen @jenniferagle @leechipman @coopriderka @karen.b.baxter

Winter beach walk at golden hour ✨

Family holiday hijinks/outings: candlepin bowling, our traditional Christmas Eve (very cold!) walk in Concord, dinner out, & Winterlights.

After Christmas days:
1-3: annual traditional Danish dinner (chefs Greg and Sam)
4 charcuterie tree
5 M & Cora
6 holiday house
7 mini lagkager

Reading:

Writing Elsewhere:

Segullah
Letters to a Parent
Nest and Launch