First published in the Tri Town Transcript Dec 8, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Regular readers may recall that, a few years ago, I suggested we have a Tri-Town-wide bonfire where we’d toss our shimmery, smiling holiday cards into the flames and be done with it. It’d be a community-wide holiday card cease and desist….
Category: The Baird Facts
Play-ing it Calm and Cool
First published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 19, 2016 By Esther C. Baird It’s elementary school play season at Casa Baird. Both of our girls have always been part of the play, but this year, our fourth-grade daughter went from her previous obscure role as munchkin number three to the co-lead in the children’s…
Reuniting the past and the present
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 7, 2016 By Esther C. Baird One day, when I was a senior in college, I watched two older women outside my apartment run towards each other. They squealed and hugged and jumped. My friend breezed by and laughed. “Look, there’s my mom! She’s visiting for homecoming…
Like Mother, Like Daughter
First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript Oct 24, 2016 By Esther C. Baird A long, long time ago, in a town far, far away (Beverly), I wrote about my brief fling as a soccer mom. Our eldest daughter, then 5, enrolled in the town league. She was little and cute and wore pink shin guards….
How to ‘Bear’ Back to School
First published in the Tri Town Transcript Sep 27, 2016 By Esther C. Baird Back to school is a tangled up time of year. What I want this time of year is to have it both ways. I want summer and school, freedom and schedule. Spontaneous lunches and bagged, home-made lunches. OK scratch that. I…
Designs on Decorating the Kitchen
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.
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…