Category Archives: Baby Boomers

No more crapola

Posted on April 8, 2012 by sheilawill

Last year’s birthday present to myself was a MacBook Air. I had lusted after one since they first came out — the sleekness, the silverness, the speed. Dan only had to watch me with my new toy for a day … Continue reading →

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“Out The Window”

Posted on January 21, 2012 by sheilawill

Stunned to find a typo in a Donald Hall piece in the New Yorker, I was also stunned to imagine myself really old.  “Out The Window,” a personal history of the former poet laureate’s winter at age 83, reminds me of … Continue reading →

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The year I went gray but still wore sequins

Posted on December 31, 2011 by sheilawill

On the eve of 2012 it’s okay to eat as much chocolate as I want. Alternating between the raspberry and ginger dark chocolate that Dan presented me with on Christmas morning, that’s how the day is — one bite in … Continue reading →

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Stephen King is a good guy

Posted on December 27, 2011 by sheilawill

I’m reading my first Stephen King novel, 11/22/63. With my holiday gift certificate “burning a hole” in my sequined backpack, I biked to Antigone Books today as soon I found out they were open. After years of avoiding King’s scary stuff, … Continue reading →

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It’s been a good Sunday, rain and all

Posted on November 13, 2011 by sheilawill

Back east, I’d say what a dreary day. But here in Tucson the rainy grayness is so unusual, especially on a Sunday. It felt delicious heading to the living room couch with a cozy blanket and the New York Times. … Continue reading →

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Role model #1: Ashley Bryan

Posted on November 5, 2011 by sheilawill

Renowned children’s author/artist Ashley Bryan is 88. He’s also my neighbor, well sort of, it’s a half-hour boat ride from the town dock behind my house in Southwest Harbor to his home on Little Cranberry Island. We’ve been friends for … Continue reading →

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A New-ish Year

Posted on October 8, 2011 by sheilawill

May we all be inscribed in the Book of Life by whoever does the inscribing. May we dip apple slices in honey, munching and crunching, smiling and saying to those we love, “Life is sweet.” May we curl up on … Continue reading →

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Wine tasting, check

Posted on June 7, 2011 by sheilawill

I’m not sure why wine tasting has appeared on my imaginary life list for a long, long time. I’m not much of a drinker. Is it the art, the pretty labels gracing sleek bottles? The vision of smiling, earthy young … Continue reading →

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Pizza around the world

Posted on June 5, 2011 by sheilawill

We started our road trip around 6 a.m. on Saturday May 21. The image of coffee loomed large so when Dan stopped at the Safeway I rushed inside — well as fast as I could go at that hour — … Continue reading →

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Oh, the places you’ll go

Posted on May 14, 2011 by sheilawill

Wherever you go around Tucson today there are congratulatory signs to University of Arizona grads, whisking me back to my own college graduation. It’s 1968, and I’m sitting next to my first real boyfriend, among 2,000 plus other College of … Continue reading →

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