This is what I found standing on my deck the other day. Before writing this post, I googled whether this is a hawk or falcon. Turns out its a red-tailed hawk—beautiful and fierce. In all my years in Connecticut, I’ve never seen a raptor this close. The bird seemed calm and unhurried, coolly surveying our […]
It happened this week. I was minding my own business when out of the blue, with no warning…I turned 66. (Yes, I’m one of those women who tell their age. I say to heck with it.) If you asked in my teens or twenties, what this time would be like, I would’ve conjured up […]
Randy raised his flute of champagne. “Happy Anniversary,” he said with a smile. I raised mine in return. We touched glasses. It was June 7th, 2000. Randy and I sat in “Windows on the World”, the sky top restaurant in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. “I can’t believe we’re 106 stories up,” I […]
Oh God, summer began yesterday. So why is the air and light already changing? Why are golden leaves starting to pop from trees like dinner guests arriving too soon? I want to tell them to wait in the car while I fix my hair and make-up. Ready or not, autumn is here. The light is […]
A huge group of people stand mesmerized in front of “Starry Night” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In 1888, Van Gogh painted this piece from his asylum room window, depicting the Provence night sky. He had committed himself after cutting off his left ear with a razor and sending […]
Recently, I was at my mailbox when I heard the familiar low rumble of a school bus. I stood watching it drive past. A young female driver sat behind the wheel, map in hand, learning her route before school begins. I waved and she waved back, giving a bright smile. I’ve always had a soft […]
My husband Randy went out of town this week and it occurred to me how things change when he’s away. Not super-dramatic, but enough to rock the usual rigorous, Swiss-clock precision of the Stone house (kidding). And here, in no particular order, are the changes… Dinners become a joke. Okay, who am I trying […]
Okay, when they handed out canine perfection, Simon was standing in the wrong line. He has a German shepherd head, Corgi legs, Terrier fur, and Australian cattle dog body. Name any breed. It’s in there. Yet Simon is more than the sum of his parts. In fact, in his own way, he is perfect with […]
(Full disclosure: My husband Randy rolled his eyes so much at this post, I almost didn’t run it. However times– and deadlines — being what they are, I decided to go for it.) A few weeks ago I made the mistake of watching “Long Island Medium.” Oh my God. Never again. I’m just not good with […]
