Author Archives: heather

I feel like a fat ghost has parked it’s rear end on our heads in Cabin John this morning, which seems kind of fair for the morning after Halloween. It’s as if Casper got into too much Halloween candy and is kind of worn out this morning. Clara had a hard time getting out ofContinue reading “Marvelous and Maudlin”

Two weeks ago today, October 15, I was on a train looking over cold water tumbling across rocks under the bridge somewhere between Montreal and Quebec City, about to debark into the 17th century village with cobblestone streets and flowers spilling over windowsill boxes. Mom and I would deliver our suitcases at the spacious, colorful,Continue reading “A Fortnight for Fortitude, from the St. Lawrence to St. George”

It’s official! Summer is over! The fall schedule is back on the calendar. It will be a quieter house next week, that’s for sure, since we’ll be down two family members with Tatum away and Kevin returning to Delhi on September 7th. Clara is starting at a new old school, back to Thomas Pyle MiddleContinue reading “First Day, Hooray”

One week ago today, this happened. After three harrowing days and even more torturous nights, a 3:00 am knock on the door from Officer Edwards of the Montgomery County Police Department opened the hatch to begin the escape from la la land. Tatum had showed up at a friend’s house, and we had the delicateContinue reading “The Case of the Missing Suitcase”

Author’s note: This was written last Saturday, before the Case of the Missing Suitcase. It was never posted because I hadn’t had the chance to proofread it before everything happened. So here it is, a week later. Working backwards, here’s the itinerary from Summer 2022. Down south (August 9-10). Okay, techically, that’s in the future,Continue reading “Summer Playlist”

It’s been a long time since I’ve written regularly or at all, actually. There are so many reasons to avoid writing about life: it’s difficult to find the minutes between deciphering regression results, washing sheets, and serving as social secretary and chauffeur; it’s, um, awkward to write about people aged 13-15 who have zero interestContinue reading “Catching this Messy Ball of Yarn”

This is overdue, but starting the holiday season began with our first trip to Seymour in two years. Here are our highlights from the trip, which concluded with a sprinter spontaneous stopover in DCL for a snowy dinner with Dad and Mary Ellen at Uno. I was also thankful to have our new, big-enough carContinue reading “Thankful in Indiana”

6 drop offs/pick ups for school 3 hours engaged in said school runs 1 car dead 2 ubers ordered 6 hours waiting in the Glen Echo parking lot for the car to be revived 1 towtruck called 2 minutes needed to tow the car up the hill and across the street to the service stationContinue reading “Monday: My Day by the Numbers”