By Esther Baird. First Published in the Tri Town Transcript May 17, 2018 It’s been a while, dear Regular Reader. We had a host of health stuff sweep through Casa Baird that left me with the clear knowledge that a doctor’s waiting room is where my otherwise winsome, calm, and sweet personality grinds to a cold,…
Author: Esther Baird
The Pressure Is On
By Esther C. Baird. First published in the Tri Town Transcript, Apr 6, 2018 Here’s the thing, products that claim they will change your life rarely do. I have a cabinet full of things that have not changed my life. I’m still making lunches and shoveling snow and picking up dog poop, right? Also, I…
Time to Trash Winter
By Esther Baird. First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Mar 21, 2018 Some of you may recall the column I wrote a few years back about the time my husband insisted we get a whole-house generator. I huffed and thought it was a waste of money, but then had to write that I was wrong…
Black Market Lunch
By Esther Baird First Published in the Tri Town Transcript, March 9, 2018 Our two daughters are tween and teenagers. They no longer need help with basic household tasks. And yet, these talented, relatively self-sufficient, smart, socially savvy girls see a lunch box and turn into exhausted balls of existential angst. And, I’m a million…
It’s Virtually Summer
By Esther C. Baird First Published in the Tri Town Transcript. Feb 5, 2018 I’m jogging through Silver Creek, New York. It’s a hot sunny day. The kind of hot where the grass is starting to bake out a little bit and you can smell the pavement expanding and shimmering. It’s an August kind of…
Just For Fun
By Esther C. Baird First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript, Jan 19, 2018 I’m sitting here wearing a tank top and flip flops and drinking ice water. And yes, it’s cold out. Actually, you may remember this day: It’s 6 degrees outside with a foot of totally frozen snow blowing around like fine grain sandpaper…
Can I Get An Amen?
By Esther C. Baird First posted in the Tri-Town Transcript Dec 26, 2017 This is not the perfect Christmas. I make mistakes. I’m not terribly relaxed. Also my cards are so, so, very late. But each Christmas I am reminded that the first Christmas set the stage for a time when stress and chaos and…
All Things Bright and Edible
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 24, 2017 By Esther C. Baird Regular Readers, it’s been awhile, but today let’s return to that always popular topic: Moose, our Bernese mountain dog puppy. He looks all grown up now at around 100 pounds, but I assure you he is not.
Frontal Lobe Obstacles
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 10, 2017 By Esther C. Baird The night before the storm that blew the Tri-Towns off the map was lovely, with no wind. I know because we held our first teenage party for our eldest daughter’s eighth-grade class in our yard. Because we have the standard Boxford…
The Timing of the Teeth
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 1, 2017 By Esther C. Baird My daughter stood next to me, obviously agitated, as I typed on my computer. She’s 10 but she can hold a stare and, with it, a feeling. In this case the feeling I felt burrowing into my brain was one of unmet expectations…