First published in the Tri-Town Transcript on Aug 24, 2016 By By Esther C. Baird We recently decided to redecorate our kitchen and family room. Our current yellow was tired and increasingly sullen instead of bright. We wanted to choose fun, new colors and get fun, new furniture. So. Much. Fun.
Author: Esther Baird
Deep Lake Diving ‘Poparazzi’ Style
First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript Aug 12, 2016 By Esther C. Baird It’s currently 95 as I type this, and even my Grande Iced Americano is not making a dent in the heat. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Summer is the land of the happy and unscheduled. We’ve been spending much of…
From Boxford to the Bush
First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript Jul 7, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Dear Regular Reader, I’m writing this flying above Africa – – certainly, one of the more unusual places I’ve written this column. We are on our way home from a two week trip to South Africa and I’m pleased to say, that…
Total Body Collapse
First published in Tri Town Transcript, June 15, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Here is the thing about June in New England:whatever else is true about the weather, or foliage, or the bug situation (ahem, Boxford!), we can be sure that school finally, finally – – ends. That means, Regular Reader, that the end is…
Escape From the Month of May
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript May 19, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Ok, here’s the deal, especially to fellow parents of youth who graciously and lovingly request your round-the-clock chauffeuring services: May is the new December. December used to be the craziest month with school concerts, recitals, holiday parties and the ridiculously overwrought Christmas…
Finding the Right Guy
First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript May 5, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Regular Readers may recall from a recent column that our dishwasher broke. What I didn’t mention was that our refrigerator, in a show of solidarity, also began to die. Obviously with two appliances down, we began to shop around. And for the…
The Art of Raising a Child
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Apr 21, 2016 By Esther C. Baird When I was a kid I had this artistic friend, she did things like doodle funny little bugs crawling up her paper margins tangled in swirling vines. Or, once in fourth grade we were asked to draw a landscape, and she drew…
Getting Back to Speed
By Esther C. Baird First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript Apr 7, 2016 It was my birthday in mid March. And if your world is anything like mine, then when you turn some unmemorable, middle-aged number, it’s a giant party for days on end. Roll out the red carpet, pop the champagne, throw on the…
Things that can eat you
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Mar 24, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Living in the Tri-Towns I constantly worry that I’ll be eaten alive – you probably do too. Between the voracious ticks and mosquitoes that now come in multiple viral flavors, and the coy-wolves which roam in groups of more than three, (an…
Things that ‘Glo’ in the Night
First published in the Tri Town Transcript, Mar 3, 2016 By Esther C. Baird It’s been a wild few months in our youngest daughter’s fish tank, and I knew you, Regular Readers, would want to be updated on this important microcosm here in our Tri-Town.