“The work is not really about growing flowers; it’s about growing ourselves.”[I] A Spark of Nostalgia In the Season 1 finale of Ted Lasso, the titular coach faces his team in the locker room after a poignant loss. In the background, Marcus Mumford quietly sings, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” a song originally from the musical Carousel … [Read more…]
I’ve never really thought about age as a huge indicator of anything. It’s a digital representation of our time on earth, which is neither good nor bad, even if it is sometimes shocking to hear the number out loud. I recently turned 41, which sounds extremely odd to me, partly because I was already a … [Read more…]
Elmira Catherine Higgins Vicchio went by a lot of different names during her 91 years on earth: Bootsie to her family, which included five siblings, Myra to most, and Mom-Mom, Gi-Gi or Elmo to the rest of us. She was born in Philadelphia but moved to Baltimore with her family before high school. While sitting … [Read more…]
The first fight I ever had with my boyfriend was a doozy, and quite honestly, I didn’t know if we’d recover from it. It was about chicken pot pie. And what constitutes chicken pot pie. I (like most logical humans) was of the mind that it is an actual pie. There is a crust. It’s chicken-y deliciousness encased in a buttery, flaky dough. My boyfriend … [Read more…]
It would be funnier if it didn’t seem so true. Perhaps the only thing more depressing than discovering I’ve become the Wooderson of “Bachelor” viewing is the realization that most of the contestants weren’t even alive yet when “Dazed and Confused” came out in 1993. Ouch. Not that I’ll ever let that stop me from watching it. I think it’s part nostalgia and part inability-to-look-away-from-train-wrecks, a … [Read more…]
I wasn’t always sentimental. In fact, I remember watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a kid being relatively unimpressed. That’s because I viewed it the same way I viewed all black-and-white movies at the time: films created by old people, for old people, starring old people. It wasn’t until the holiday season of my first … [Read more…]
Over the past several weeks, many people have asked how this whole blogging adventure began and what made me want to do it. Want is a strong word. I never wanted this. Blogging was never a dream of mine. In fact, it was more like my nightmare. I was dead set against it when friends … [Read more…]
My wardrobe is a treasure trove of hard-sought MVPs and random unsung heroes. Some are obvious steals a moron could have stumbled on, and others are unlikely gems I was proud to find hiding in improbable spaces. Some of my favorite outfits in the latter category I discovered at Marshalls. But here’s the thing about … [Read more…]
After the holidays, I went to New York City to visit my cousin Heather and her family. She’s lived in New York since I was in high school, and I enjoyed visiting her on the regular before our lives in the real world became so hectic. One of the best parts of this particular trip … [Read more…]
On a Saturday afternoon, I went to a level 2 hot yoga class because it was the only one that fit in my schedule. Although I’ve been practicing yoga several years, I often make a conscious choice to take level 1 classes because my attendance is sporadic, making me feel like a consummate beginner. I … [Read more…]