I’m not the kind of person who loses things.
In fact, since college, I can only recall one significant loss of property or possessions.
On New Year’s Eve fifteen years ago, after a chaotic period of couch surfing, I signed a lease for my new apartment.
That night I lost my keys.
(Note: It was...
Man plans, and God laughs.
–– Yiddish Proverb––
Spring tends to make a lot of promises…
Sunnier, longer days.
The possibility of storing your winter parka.
And, of course, flowers.
In past years, Belle, Cha Cha, and I simply jumped into a Zipcar and traveled to our favorite New Jersey ...
Last February, I left an apartment I loved.
(I really didn’t want to.)
It had a huge terrace that was empty when I moved in.
Through Freecycle, I found this donated tree, the one in the background.
(Honestly, it was really more of a six-foot-tall twig.)
And then, over five years, it grew to th...
