an anniversary

A year and a day ago, Husband and I knelt in front of the departure counter at JFK, enroute to our new home in Abu Dhabi, and played “rearrange the suitcases” because two of our suitcases were over the weight allotment for international travel. Liam slunk...

Moving. The Dusty Truth

There is a lot to hate about moving: the endless sorting and sifting of belongings, the eternal search for the right-size boxes, the mess. And then there’s being confronted with the fact that as a housekeeper you rank only slightly above Templeton the rat in...