Before I start writing about our sixth year of hosting the Dare Challenge men for Thanksgiving, let’s start with a bit of painting-the-kitchen-induced messiness.  Because we just can’t truly appreciate a lovely space until we first see it in all of its disarray. …

Holidays like Thanksgiving always remind me of generational shiftings.  We are all in constant flux, moving from season to season, even as we watch those around us do the same.   And when I think about those changes, my mind always goes to this favorite post of mine, “Where Seventeen Went.” I first wrote it seven years ago but every year that I reread it, it…

As you know, Thanksgiving will be here in three days which for most people means that it’s time to find the turkey platter, iron the tablecloth and make all things orderly.…

I have a confession to make.…