Sept. 11, 2013 (ShapeShiftas) -- The sky today is the same clear blue that it was 12 years ago. On that day, my older daughter's pre-school hadn't started yet; today she is in her senior year of high school. Today, from far-away Vermont, where I feel happy and safe, I woke with a depression I haven't suffered with for several years. I guess it's OK to take a day off to remember and to mourn. The ...
April 1, 2013 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- On Good Friday, my husband and I found ourselves with a rare occurrence -- both girls out, and no pickups needed until the next day. Date Night! We got the older d ...
March 19, 2013 (Shapeshiftas.com) -- We heard starting about Saturday that maybe we were in for some snow. It seemed late. The sap was already running, we were in mud boots, and the car was caked in ...
Jan. 23, 2013 (ShapeShiftas) -- I'm still recovering from the week last month when my husband was unfortunately away and I had to do ALL the driving. Living here in the middle of nowhere, Vermont, we ...
Jan. 8, 2013 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- Checking out the conditions at our local ski mountain, I read, "Our groomers will be out laying down corduroy on 69 trails for your carving pleasure." NICE!, I thin ...
June 25, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- Yesterday, the Garden Goddess Suzanne gave me two beautiful heads of Napa cabbage that I bet would go for $10 each in Whole Foods. She claimed that she has so many she ...
June 7, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- If you could indulge in just one rich-people's perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily mas ...
May 18, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- It's not an oxymoron to call what we wear here in Vermont "fashion." All apparel can be in a sense called "fashion," and almost everywhere around the world, people wear ...
May 8, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- It looks like the latest thing in social media is to be social shopping. Sites where you can vend things and buy things and then tell all your Facebook friends about it. ...
Apr. 16, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- Out back, this time of year, we have a lovely pond. It's really a large hole in the ground with a couple of picturesque boulders that fills up with snowmelt and run-of ...
Apr. 2, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- We are having an early Spring here in Vermont, and all patriotic Vermonters are getting ready to garden! Everyone has a garden here, from the native Vermonters who grew ...
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