Finally back in Saint Mark’s place after a long hiatus!!  Back to Grandma Maggie and the littlest Timothy Duffield, who just this minute (back in 1937) came home from the hospital and is  howling on the bed amidst Hollywood actresses. February 21, 1937 This morning to Wanamaker’s to try to get another brassiere, but they […]

Well spring has sprung.  My littlest niece spent Easter pinching a stuffed duck and dancing along while it sang a drunk sounding quack quack quack song.  We went barefoot down the sidewalk and picked flowers out of strangers’ yards, ate too many dyed purple marshmallow nightmares and rode home in the blaring sunshine. Of course […]

March 17, 2010 Well, I have been away for some time as I have been lolling around in bed with Miss Marla (pictured here in my Ethiopian silk scarf) trying not to be too beaten up by Lyme Disease. If you have it do call so you won’t have to reinvent the wheel because I […]

Oh, my, while my grandmother is away, we are getting such unbelievable gramma guest blogs. This one heralds all the way from Rome, Italy where one of my very very best friends in the whole world, Elizabeth Farren, writes fiction and lives with her fabulous husband, Nico. I have actually met Lizzy’s grandma, and she […]

Well, while my grandma is off having her baby, I am still getting to read amazing guest blog posts!!!  My very favorite writing reminds me what it was like to be 16 and wild and free and completely invincible.  Can you imagine my happiness when I got a guest blog post submission that made me […]