moving day

moving day

We’re packing up and leaving yet another apartment. This was our seventh address is not-quite-six years of marriage, and since the new home we’re heading to is a summer sublease, we’ll be moving at least one more time before the year is done. Between...
five years

five years

We celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary last week. If you count from when we started dating, then in a couple months we will have been together for ten years. This is where, I think, I am supposed to list “five things I have learned in five years of marriage” or...
rambles (with purpose)

rambles (with purpose)

We’re officially in our new apartment, in our new town, with our mix of old and new goals and dreams and furniture. We’ve finished all our planned travel, so these summer days are more about settling in, getting to know friends and exploring the parks and markets and...
longwood gardens

longwood gardens

The first few months that I lived in Philadelphia were a mess. I moved because B. was there, just starting the second year of his PhD. I had a plan. I found a place to live, a cute old brownstone with three other roommates. I was cast in a play that would pay decently...
pride

pride

I’ve been thinking recently about feeling proud of the things in my life. More specifically, of the things I have done in my life. It’s easy to say you’re proud of someone you love, to admire your friend’s accomplishments, or to celebrate your spouse’s degree. But...