Pushing on a Rope
Terri S. Vanech
Flashback Friday — Boxed In
Flashback to 1997. Don’t know what you were up to then, but Catherine was elbow-deep in every toy you can imagine … and playing with a white cardboard box. Isn’t it always the way? I stumbled on these photos while looking for something else. They were taken when we still lived in the condo around … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday — Light and Dark
The sun rises on the final day of winter. Let’s hope Mother Nature got the memo.
We said yes to the dress
You’ll excuse me if this post seems a bit more scattered than usual. My brain is overwhelmed with taffeta, silk and chiffon; sequins, beads and flounces; and every sherbet hue you can conjure. I’ve been prom dress shopping with Catherine and lived to tell about it. Well, just barely. 🙂 She had been earlier this … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Everyone loves a parade
It’s nearly St. Patrick’s Day, which means the Greenwich (CT) St. Patrick’s Day parade can’t be too far off. For us, it’s as much a harbinger of spring as the first crocus blossoms. Basil and I started going when we were dating and continued the tradition after Catherine came along, standing on Greenwich Avenue in … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday — Deer Friends Visit
Last week, before the warm temperatures that have melted most of the snow, two deer breezed through our neighborhood. I don’t know if they were among the deer that visited our back yard day after day last spring, or if they are, perhaps, other deer on their way to some other place. They didn’t hang … Continue reading
No prom queen here
As time goes by, I command less and less respect. Not sure if it’s one of those developmental milestones I once poured over or maybe just me, but Catherine pulls no punches in expressing her opinion. (I can tell that some of you think she came by this honestly and not from the Vanech side … Continue reading
Footloose, fancy free … and so outta here
Last night’s SRO performance at Greenwich High was great fun. The kids showed off their many talents with a send-up of high school that was sometimes goofy, sometimes more biting in its humor. The series of skits touched on universal adolescent woes — cafeteria food, the stress of college search, the plague of senioritis — … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — You Can Dance if You Want To
Flashback to May 1971 — and my only leading role: Narrator in the Park Avenue kindergarten play about counting. That’s me in the floral dress with all the smocking, my hair styled with the help of a night spent sleeping on curlers and pin curls. I don’t actually remember much about the day. A later … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Happy birthday to my Dad, Mike Salvatore! I couldn’t help but smile when I turned the photo album pages this morning and found this gem: Dad, in 1959. Don’t you love it? It’s practically a scene out of “Grease”! Indeed, a piece of Dad’s heart remains in the ’50s, and if you spent an afternoon … Continue reading
Metamorphosis — Worth a thousand words
Now that everyone has their Christmas present senior portrait of Catherine, I can go for the big reveal here on the blog. Drum roll, please: Pretty amazing — and even more so when you consider this is how she used to look. (Look, it took almost 18 years to grow hair!) Those of you who … Continue reading
Pushing on a Rope 