claudia's surf city

Ruth died last night, surrounded by daughter, grandsons and nephew, many of whom had flown in from the west coast and been sleeping in her...

 Ruth, my son-in-law's gradndmother, 95, is in hospice, hanging on by a thread. Relatives have flown in from the West Coast and are ca...

 Camilla shows off her new house in Providence. It looks an awful lot like the place I lived in the suburbs of New York (below) when I was...

This is Bar Tabac, a bistro that is one of Ed's two hangouts. Yes, it is in Brooklyn. I post this because it has been said that I do n...

It's tax time in New York. Trying to get it together so as to spend some fireside time in Providence at the new digs. Planning to go u...

 Welcome to Forest Street. The first minivanload came in before yesterday's close, and several more thereafter. The movers come—tom...

We have had some bitter cold here. But apparently it doesn't compare with that they've got in Missouri today: Sub zero. And to thi...

The publisher and his girlfriend lived upstairs; the office was downstairs. Once upon a time, two guys from Time —and their girlfriends—...

 I actually like the one where I cut off Chris's head better. But then. . .

I take pictures of Camilla with this portrait every year, but this year the haircut makes the resemblance unmistakeable. The girl ...

It has become a tradition to take Hannah's picture with the boys. On this New Year's Day she had her 36th birthday. One ...

Photo courtesy of Pam As Johnny would say, brrrr wah!

Christmas ayem And today is Ruca's birthday

On Christmas Eve

YYesterday she made a list of what she had to do before getting in the car to come to New York. Once int he car, she began her report. Now...

With bells on! Merry mayhem!

Katie's roses I know I have promised my morose Christmas letter. I should have done it today, the longest day of the year and the da...

 A real Christmas miracle happened as Barbara and I started to carry the tree home. My super—after he'd already gotten his annual C...

Deck the lions with neck wreaths. Deck the child with elf pjs. What child is this who now has her own email address? (We'll se...

 Kate Knapp's closing show at The Open Center took place in a hallway between an aromatherapy workshop and a presentation about how...