Author: Gayle

For my birthday, Grandma Sandy gave me an amaryllis plant. It contained three bulbs and for many weeks, it barely grew at all. Then in the last two weeks or so, it has shot up and started to bloom. Here…

The girls have flown west. A left today to return to school, and M flew to Aspen for a few days with her HS friends, and from there she will go to Southern California (and see A!) and then to…

Tonight Astor came over and had dinner with all of us, and then he and A played the piano forever. It was so cute. The funniest was their duet rendition of the song “I am Charlie Kirk”. M has a…

Hobart walks with his old pal Stanley once or twice a week, which I love. They used to walk together every day, but then that dogwalker left and now it’s less frequent. They are like an old married couple. Stanley…

Here are some more pics from our trip to LA for Parents’ Weekend at USC. Drones at halftime at the game (benefits of a night game!): M&A under the Trojan: A’s wall of pics in her room: A and her…

Last night, we drove down to the Washington Monument to catch the photo show beamed into the monument in honor of the nation’s 250th birthday. It was pretty cool to see (despite the Trumpian rhetoric). Here are some pics: M…

We have had a nice break this year. All three kids are here – YAY – and we were able to take a quick trip to Florida – Captiva Island – for 4 nights. We stayed right on the beach…

Hello P&B&B&B&C&C readers! I know it has been a long time. Over the course of 2025, I had a hard time posting because I was overwhelmed with the opening of the bookstore. And then, when I did post, WordPress stopped…

So many things to share since the last time I posted. Oy! In no particular order… Kate McKinnon came to Wonderland Books last week. It was so fun! N came with me to the store to see her, and she…

It has been a while since I posted! Every night I say I am going to post and then I am so tired and can’t muster the energy to post. Tonight I am tired but I am vowing not to…