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"What a magical place," my siblings and I said as we arrived at our summer rental last week. The thing is, we kind of knew it would be: We found a house across the river from where we grew up, on an estate we used...
by Jennie Reichman It's August. It's hot. My tomato plants have lost their minds and are trying to take over the world. I am to blame for this because, even though I put cages around them when I first planted them and staked them up when...
Please Leave a Message Lars Hunter, Bereavement Care Coordinator While on vacation recently I ventured out to western Pennsylvania to visit family. While I was there I had a chance to visit the Flight 93 National Park Memorial. The Memorial is a sacred place of honor for...
by Jennie Reichman Lately I find myself doing battle with a word: Aging. I rebel against the idea that after, say, age 50, I should think of myself as “old” and act, dress, talk and engage in the world differently than I previously did when I...
"For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest." ~ Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno (For I will consider my cat Jeoffry) *********** I took the first week of May off to tackle the yard and whip my gardens into shape, and maybe get to a...
by Jennie Reichman My friend Carol is a devotee of the spice company Penzey’s. Every year for Christmas and my birthday she gives me a little jar of their Vietnamese cinnamon and a couple of their signature herb blends, all very inventive and delicious on any...
by Heather Brubaker On the Loss of A Bull I’m on my knees in the entryway of my home, my face level with my six-year-old daughter’s. She’s standing in her socks, still padded in snow pants and a mint green coat sprinkled with tiny stars. I hold...
by Jennie Reichman There are so many reasons I love living in Vermont, but the month of May is definitely near the top of the list. There are bright, blooming colors everywhere: daffodils, tulips, forsythia, azalea, tiny electric green leaves emerging on the trees. The sun is actually warm,...
I went to Ohio last week to see my mother and sister, leaving a day earlier than planned to beat the storm that was brewing. March, it seemed, would go out like a lion. As I drove through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on I-90...
by Jennie Reichman I recently heard an interview on NPR with David Frum, a senior editor and writer at The Atlantic. He had written a piece for the magazine called “Miranda’s Last Gift,” about the sudden death of his 32-year-old daughter and the grief he and...