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summer

Now a Mini Motion Picture: ‘Gigi Spies a Green Tomato’

My childhood friend Ron Ploof was so inspired by the pathos of Gigi’s story that he adapted it to the small screen. I think he did a fine job with it, and I particularly like the tweak of the ending. So what do you think? Gigi Spies a Green Tomato from Ron Ploof on Vimeo.

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Humor, Video Tagged With: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Dogs, gardening, Humor, Pets, summer

Gigi Spies a Green Tomato: A Tragicomedy in Five Parts

Gigi

The stage: A small wooden deck with sturdy balusters, overlooking a vegetable garden in late season. Enter main character: Gigi, a 6-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. It’s clear from her saunter that Gigi is unhurried and uncomplicated, and her portly figure implies a dog who is enthusiastic about her meals. Suddenly, Gigi sees something that […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Dogs, Humor, Pets Tagged With: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Dogs, gardening, green tomatoes, Pets, summer, tomatoes

Scavenged

We set off on foot, the six of us, under an azure sky as big as the ocean. The breeze off the water smelled of salt and September, and the dune grasses bent toward each other, whispering the news that fall was coming. It was a picture-perfect, precious August day, the kind of day that […]

Filed Under: Family History, Pop Culture, Travel Tagged With: Maine, Ocean Park, scavenge, scavenger hunt, social networks, summer, summer games

At a Loss for Words

Mother and son painting

On Thursday, my son finished up his junior year of high school, and today his dad, little sister and I drove him 75 miles to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he’ll spend the next 6 weeks immersed in Art. He’ll spend much of that time muddying his clothes in the ceramics studio, with […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Children, Parenting, Teenagers Tagged With: life passages, mothers, Parenting, RISD, school, summer, Teenagers, transitions

In Case of Emergency

legs

I was alone in the house and on my cell phone, talking to my friend Leigh about a Web site she’s thinking of launching. Leigh speaks very fast, especially when she’s fired up about something, which she was. It can be hard to grip all the loose bits of her conversation. Like trying to cuddle […]

Filed Under: Business, Children, Family History Tagged With: anxiety, emergency, fear, irrational thought, Maine, personal history, summer

Morning Person

birds at sunrise

Like millions of people around the world who are following the Beijing Olympics, I’ve been watching a lot of TV this summer. Parked on my couch watching the events, it’s alternatively a new experience as well as a shot of nostalgia. Here, in 2008, I’m watching the summer games with my own kids. But I […]

Filed Under: Politics & Society, Pop Culture, Women Tagged With: kids, marine horn, Olympics, Parenting, sleep, summer

Froggy Fugue

frog thinker

A toad lived under our patio for a few summers when I was a kid. I didn’t feed him or take care of his needs in any way, but I nevertheless thought of him as my pet. I named him Thumper. On random nights I’d be parked on the patio, reading or drawing, and Thumper […]

Filed Under: Family History, Pets, Politics & Society, Women Tagged With: Boston, feminism, frogs, personal history, Pets, summer, swimming, swimming pools, toads

Looking for Eddie Field

I tolerate you

Eddie Field had ears that stuck out like mug handles from either side of his head and a face that was a constellation of freckles. He wore his hair in a Boy’s Regular barber cut, cropped close to his head, which only served to emphasize both the freckles and the unfortunate angle of his ears. […]

Filed Under: Children, Family History, Parenting, Teenagers Tagged With: Boston, children's games, Eddie Field, kids, memoir, Parenting, personal history, storytelling, summer

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