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Below is a collection of my Tilting at Windmills Column from The East Hampton Press and my other articles.
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Three Gardens, Three Gifts
David Arshram's "Venus De Milo" at Longhouse Reserve, Photo by Bill Grathwohl With our azaleas, peonies and hydrangea, there is always...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jun 29, 20216 min read


Pillow Talk
Only my pillow will do. After more than half a century of sleeping on my side, I pinched a nerve in my neck. I had to buy a pillow to...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jun 29, 20214 min read


Making Every Day Earth Day
Reuseable K-Cups can help. Happy Earth Day everyone! I hope you’re spending the day enjoying the earth. I celebrate by dancing around a...
Tracy Grathwohl
May 27, 20214 min read


Hitting the Wall
Staying hydrated is the only way to get through. We’ve done it! We’ve made it through one year of the covidian lockdown. What should we...
Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 11, 20214 min read


Forever in Blue Jeans
My first pair of jeans were Toughskins from Sears. My Calvin Klein, size none-of-your-business, “skinny” jeans were critically injured...
Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 11, 20214 min read


My Little Book of #Gratitude
I'm hashtag grateful. Last week, I was at my friend Marie’s house (I changed her name, so I don’t fully embarrass her) and on her shelf...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jan 8, 20214 min read


Pumpkin Spice Election
Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash When I set out to write one of these columns, I try to think of a subject that’s timely, relatable and...
Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 19, 20204 min read


Ahhh ... September!
Everyone is still here and I'm still swearing in my car. I always get excited when September rolls around. As a kid, going back to school...
Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 10, 20204 min read


Expansion Packs For Tracy's Beach Blanket Bingo (TM)
The laws of the beach are simple and finite. Friends of this column might remember that last August, I invented a game, Tracy’s Beach...
Tracy Grathwohl
Oct 10, 20204 min read


Came for the Golf, Stayed for the Snacks
My golf game is bananas. I’ve been playing golf for fifteen years and I stink. I’m so bad people make excuses for me. When I fail to chip...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min read


Toilet Paper Should Not Grow on Trees
I have a thing for toilet paper. Longtime fans will remember that in my first Tilting at Windmills column, I admitted I was hoarding...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min read


It's The Little Things
The chipped Dansk Christianshavn mug. As a preface, I just want to say how grateful I am. My family is safe. We are all comfortable and...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jul 6, 20204 min read


We're All Indoor Cats Now
The FLP in all her glory. At the start of the lockdown, one of our hockey pucks (as I like to refer to our children) moved back home with...
Tracy Grathwohl
May 4, 20204 min read


Self-Isolation, Sense and Sensibility
My to-do list I know a little something about self-isolating. I work from home and, in order to do my job, I’m supposed to stay in my...
Tracy Grathwohl
Apr 3, 20204 min read


Glamour Girl
Sock it to me, baby. We were invited to a friend’s sixtieth birthday party and the dress code was a 60s theme. On the electronic...
Tracy Grathwohl
Mar 4, 20204 min read


Winter Woes
What we need is a good blizzard. Am I the only person who thinks we’ve had more cloudy or rainy days than sunny ones this winter? It’s...
Tracy Grathwohl
Feb 5, 20204 min read


I Hereby Resolve...
These won't make it to the end of the month. Here we are two weeks into January, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve given up on your...
Tracy Grathwohl
Jan 15, 20204 min read


Caroling, Caroling
It's time for a little chestnut roasting. On October 25th, before Halloween, Sirius XM switched its Love station to the Hallmark Channel....
Tracy Grathwohl
Dec 11, 20194 min read


Second Thanksgiving
Because one is not enough. Every year, a day or two after Thanksgiving, I nearly incinerate my house while making a sweet potato (yam)...
Tracy Grathwohl
Nov 27, 20194 min read


Plumbing 101
How hard could it be? The other day, my father came to me and told me his bathroom sink has been leaking “forever.” Until now, I haven’t...
Tracy Grathwohl
Nov 13, 20194 min read
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