Pushing on a Rope
Flashback Friday
Flashback Friday — Get Your Head in the Game
Catherine is now officially a member of the Hofstra University Women’s Rugby Club, so I’m flashing back to her brief forays into athletic activity. She comes by her middling athletic ability honestly, inheriting my DNA and not her father’s in this case, but our church athletic activities did get her off the couch a bit — … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Sea changes
Snow. Ice. Bitter cold. We need a bit of summer warmth, so I’m flashing back today to June 2000, when my friend, Jacquie, and I gathered the kids and met up at Mystic Aquarium in upstate Connecticut. It was a great day — being together, seeing the creatures (the beluga whales were a huge hit as I … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — My Funny Valentine
Flashing back today to 1997 and a 10-month-old Catherine showing off the Valentine’s Day frock that Grandma made. Then, as now, she had a mind of her own. Sitting still and smiling for the camera weren’t in the cards. Exploring Mom and Dad’s cushy comforter was much more interesting. Come to think of it, I still … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Aloha
It was 4 degrees here when I got up this morning, so it’s only fitting to flashback to last year at this time, when Catherine and Basil were heading to Hawaii with the Greenwich High School choral groups. As you might recall, it was a fabulous trip for them. Click here to relive their adventures. Catherine swears … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Warm Spell
All this winter weather has me thinking spring, especially with the forecast warning of single-digit wind chills starting tonight and more snow on the way Sunday. So naturally, I went searching for a Flashback photo that was just beachy. It’s Catherine, age 4, basking in the July sunshine at Tod’s Point, Greenwich. (No, I haven’t … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Portrait of the Artist
Wish the photo quality was better, but still can’t resist posting this picture of Catherine on our patio in 2000. She was 4. Life is good when you have your own, appropriately sized, fish-festooned, table and chairs; matching umbrella to shade you from the sun; a full sippy cup and snack; a fresh coloring book ready … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Tree-rific
It’s strange this year to begin the holiday stuff without Catherine to help — or at least supervise the effort. After returning her to Hofstra last Sunday, Basil and I set to work getting the outdoor decorations arranged. It’s clear that the oversized candy canes and family of deer are on borrowed time, 15 years of … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Snow Fun
Today’s Flashback is a small attempt at solidarity with our friends in the Buffalo area who, it seems, will spend all winter trying to tunnel out of this week’s lake-effect snow storm. The photos are from January 2001, a sledding excursion at the International School at Dundee in Riverside CT, where Catherine would start kindergarten … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — From the Archives
This week brought a message from the librarian at the Advocate, the Stamford, CT, newspaper where I worked for a decade. Like the paper had already done with its staff, it was culling the archives. She had a small folder of my clips from 2000; did I want them? Naturally I said yes. Curiosity and … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — In the Swim
Going to catch hell for this one, but I could not resist. As she was putting together her course schedule for spring, Catherine contemplated scuba diving to meet her PE requirement. It turns out that will have to wait for another semester, but her excitement around getting back in the pool had me remembering all. those. … Continue reading
Pushing on a Rope 