It’s no secret that the word “box” is slang for “woman.” (if you are under consenting age and you didn’t know that already, ask you parents why, just for fun.) So just to make this post an curious mix of boxy entendres, here’s what happened last night. I had a most pleasant collision of...
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Waking up to this blanket of snow is as unfamiliar as if I had stepped into a movie scene for White Christmas. This is the winter I imagined. This is what I expected from Connecticut. But we’ve had lovely, undefined days, mostly. The kind that almost ache in their beauty: winter sunshine stretching out...
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Top 10 Reasons to Read a Blog 10. The blogger is funny, but not funny ha-ha… funny hmmmm. 9. You are bored of internet porn… it is so done! 8. Procrastination is nine-tenths of the law. 7. You hate your boss. Your boss wants you to do something other than browse the internet. You...
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Elizabeth rarely goes anywhere without a camera. As a result, her stories are often illustrated. If you get bored reading, look here. Click the photo to see more. <
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It stands to reasons that a state within smelling distance from NYC, with only two major, parallel, “North-South” roads, 3.5 million residents and acre-sized residential lots, there will be some traffic. Now, I am not opposed to spending some time in my car. In fact, I adore being alone in my car, despite my...
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The Best of Connecticut can only be found by leaving the interstate and exploring the winding country roads.A few tips: Got a GPS? Good. It makes life that much sweeter. Stay in a small town, an hour from the coast, minumum. Nothing is too far to drive to, especially the beaches. The more you...
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Writer Elizabeth Howard has survived life in Iowa, Kansas City, Walt Disney World, Colorado Springs, Long Island and, (most recently) London, to name a few stops on her journeys. A graduate of the Iowa State University journalism program and the University of Missouri at Kansas City English program, she combats perennial eduational self-esteem issues....
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Sunny Sunday in Kentwith South Africans (and one Australian)(or, Another Explanation for “buy a donkey”) I got an email from Tim today… He and I are both members of the mutual admiration society. Tim and I met at the Warrington Hotel, the pub where I work a few days a week. Tim, like many...
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Summer Solstice in the North Atlantic Weather predicted in London21 June 2005:Partly SunnyScattered CloudsHigh: 75 F Sunrise: 4:44 a.m. BSTSunset: 9:22 p.m. BST Civil Twilight: 10:10 p.m.Moon: Full tomorrow
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Letter from London… 26 May 2005 Since we met in 2002, Colin and I have been doing something that a lot of heavy-in-love couples do: we surreptitiously compete to see who can give the best Christmas and birthday presents. The first Christmas, when we had only been together a few months, I gave Colin...
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Starbucks in Maida Vale, London. W9. I finished the first draft of “The One” today. I was listening to my Mp3 player, and pushed my way through the outline, through the epilogue. No, I don’t have a publisher. No, I don’t have an agent. No, you can’t read it, yet. But, yes, I have...
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Putting for birdie
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I didn’t know how it would be, returning to Italy. Would the sky be the same color? Would I remember condizionale? Could I be who I was back then– free and wild and decisive– and be who I am now — married, settling in, compromising.The last time I went, in 1999, it was the...
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Causin Gelato at Campo Sta. Margherita.
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Hmmm… which way?
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