Time to re-post my annual V al entine's Day essay. I see th at in last year's New York Times ther...

Time to re-post my annual V al entine's Day essay. I see th at in today's New York Times there i s...

It's time to re-post  my Valentine photo-essay from several years ago, pointing out that all those Valentines t...

(I posted this last year but have been collecting new antique Valentines since then-- I LOVE the Victorian G...

 (I recently bought these English and German-made valentines at an auction--sadly, they are not from Howland or Taft.) Worcester, MA,...

  Here in North Grafton, MA, our picturesque and historic New England village, I did a double take over a year ago when...

Although she insists on calling them "apples", granddaughter Amalía quickly caught on to the purpose of the trip to Houlden Farms ...

My first mistake was that I was so eager to have Eleni and Emilio see the two wedding gifts I carried back from Greece for them that I d...