The truck-tree awaiting planting after flourishing through the winter. ( Becca Tucker) The truck-tree that could “We don’t have to ever throw away our truck-tree, right?” asked Dion, my four-year-old. “Uh, right,” I hollered back over... Home 03 Apr 2023 | 11:19
The truck-tree, a Walmart checkout-aisle impulse buy, awaiting planting after fluorishing through the winter. ( Becca Tucker) “We don’t have to ever throw away our truck-tree, right?” asked Dion, my four-year-old. “Uh, right,” I hollered back over... From the Editor 03 Apr 2023 | 11:19
My waterless closet I returned home from a recent trip to find, installed in a corner of the new woodshed, a token of husband Joe’s affection.... From the Editor 13 Dec 2022 | 12:11
We’d all but given up on tomatoes – until we stumbled upon a forgotten back swath of our half-wild garden. ( Becca Tucker) The wilds of garden three The kids and I came home from the Adirondacks at summer’s end – where I’d been daydreaming of rows of juicy Goldie tomatoes... From the Editor 01 Sep 2022 | 03:29
One of the black racers we have acquired as a neighbor. ( Becca Tucker) Getting to know the neighbors Some people fear spiders, others, heights. My thing is snakes. Snakes of all sizes make me gasp and tap dance, but to state... From the Editor 28 Jun 2022 | 10:42
The home fire Notwithstanding the lacrosse ball lodged in my lymph node, when our house came down with Covid there was some solace in the... From the Editor 03 Mar 2022 | 01:54
Kai, 9, maintains focus on her library book while Dion, 3, looks on, simultaneously riding his sister like a horsey. ( Becca Tucker) Library hounds From the time my oldest was a toddler, it was clear that our relationship with the library was not destined to be a casual... From the Editor 01 Dec 2021 | 02:24
Niko the outdoor dog It’s been two decades since I last had a dog, and I return to the relationship with fresh eyes, wide with a sense of my unworthiness.... Home 02 Sep 2021 | 12:42
Juno, my middle child, has an uncompromising streak that reminds me of tennis superstar Naomi Osaka, who walked away from the circuit to focus on self-care. ( Becca Tucker) The badass art of protecting your energy What is it about the term “self-care” that activates my inner 13-year-old? Why can I not keep from rolling my eyes the tiniest... From the Editor 01 Jul 2021 | 07:55
Rollin with my bro, circa 1983. Guess who’s back When my big brother got sick with the same disease that got our mom, I remember driving to work reciting my mantra between... From the Editor 11 Mar 2021 | 02:52
The last of its kind, my flip phone may no longer work on January 1. In the can-do spirit of the fix-it culture, my kids made me this case to keep it running for as long as possible. ( Becca Tucker) Vive la résistance Maybe, by the time you read this, my phone will still work – in its endearingly half-assed way. Maybe the matrix upgrade... From the Editor 24 Nov 2020 | 01:10
Dion has his own baby swing on a nearby branch, but he prefers bombing on his big sister’s. ( Becca Tucker) Moving mountains Some people love to move. I am not one of them. You forget, when browsing real estate listings online, that you will not... Home 09 Sep 2020 | 01:09
Kids are fascinated by money, and seeing it through their eyes, it's not hard to see why. ( Becca Tucker) Lil moneybags “I found money!” Three-year-old Juno, from her booster in the backseat, holds up a quarter plucked from the carpet of single... Home 21 Nov 2019 | 03:40
A buck wandered into our yard, changing the self-sufficiency equation on our homestead. ( Becca Tucker) Game changer “I want to see what Daddy’s doing with the buck!” I’d heard something in the back – some cracklings, while I was out front... From the Editor 03 Oct 2019 | 02:34
Porch parties I can see them, my mom and dad, framed at the top of the stairs: Mom in her iridescent green gown and matching heels, and... From the Editor 01 Jul 2019 | 03:58
