Susan Martin
Nuts about a family tradition
Call me squirrelly, but I think I know why I’m drawn to nuts in the fall. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Susan Martin: Excuse me. This seat is taken
It occurred to me the other day that I have sat in the same spot at the dinner table for decades. Considering the house we now own is the house I grew up in, that spot is my spot. (Updated: 11/13/09 7:58 AM )
Susan Martin: Set the cat to go off at 6, please
Like many people, I always set the alarm clock when I go to bed. But, like many, I rarely need it. (Updated: 11/06/09 8:53 AM )
Susan Martin: Oh chute! The wash is in the cellar
Last weekend, as I dropped a clean sock into the cats’ water dish on the basement landing, the question that arises from time to time popped into my head. (Updated: 10/23/09 8:12 AM )
Susan Martin: Quirky? And that’s a problem?
Most times when I back my car out of the driveway and tap the remote, I wait to see if the garage door closes all the way before I drive off. (Updated: 10/16/09 8:35 AM )
Susan Martin: Seeing double for Halloween
As Halloween approaches, the 10-year-old daughter has thrown out a new challenge. (Updated: 10/09/09 8:05 AM )
Susan Martin: Mornin’! Now make your bed
When I was growing up, one of our house rules was this: Make your own bed every morning. With one exception: Your birthday. (Updated: 10/02/09 7:54 AM )
Susan Martin: Hung up on decorating front doors
There’s a house I drive by frequently that has a lavender front door and a decorated grapevine wreath. The lush, informal landscaping complements it all, but it’s that wreath that really grabs my attention. (Updated: 09/25/09 9:13 AM )
Susan Martin: Behind scenes at Fashion Week
Some fashion-lovers dream of getting a front-row seat at their favorite designer’s show during Fashion Week in New York. One young local woman landed herself backstage at three of them. (Updated: 09/18/09 10:07 AM )
Susan Martin: Cravings for fall begin with soup
This year, the urge came even before Labor Day. The urge to make soup. This feeling arrives every year right about the time the wheels on the school buses start to go round and round. (Updated: 09/11/09 8:01 AM )
Susan Martin: New school, new locker decorated to the max
We knew the first school bus ride in kindergarten was big. The first journey through the cafeteria line. The first field trip, music concert, class presentation. (Updated: 09/04/09 8:34 AM )
Susan Martin: Losing the storage battle
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a bit of a neat freak. I crave order and must say we have a fairly organized home, with labeled bins, nifty drawer dividers, those sorts of things. (Updated: 08/21/09 8:13 AM )
On the Home Front: Cleaning the refrigerator coils and other summer fun
Iam so glad I am not having to return to school this fall and write a report on “What I Did on My Summer Vacation.” (Updated: 08/14/09 8:13 AM )
Susan Martin: Fabric art shakes up the status quo
Last winter, in one of my sudden craft attacks, I bought some lively patterned fabric, wrapped it around a wooden frame and stapled it in back. (Updated: 07/24/09 8:47 AM )
Susan Martin: A little smile goes a long way
By now you may have heard the news that in France, a tourist board has asked Parisians to smile more.
It’s a smile campaign, really, and the idea is to woo tourists and help improve the city’s reputation for unfriendliness, according to Reuters. (Updated: 07/21/09 2:59 PM )