Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our three-year-old is made of pixie dust and spunk. She loves sweet things like cupcakes, ripe apricots and her new baby sister. She spins through her days like a whirling dervish of creativity. She’s an artist — painting, cutting, tracing, gluing, coloring and then… …she’s a teacher — lining up her stuffed turtle, princess doll, [...]
Sometimes, hope rolls into your life on a sweet cloud of baby’s breath. That’s what happened to us this weekend as we spent time with our two little New Jersey bagels — our granddaughters Margo, who turns three tomorrow, and Ronni, who is just 10 days old. Today, we get to celebrate Groundhog Day with [...]
Last week, a literary magazine featuring my daughter Molly's work launched it's 77th edition. I love her writing -- currently a combination of magical realism in a pastoral, Midwestern setting. I recently read a short story of hers in which wild elephants roamed the prairie. Midway through her vivid description, I had to pause for [...]
On the day before her 87th birthday, my mom took a tennis lesson. She likes to keep her game sharp. It bothers her that she can’t hit the ball as hard as she did back when she used to run my dad around the court with her strategic baseline, baseline, drop shot, lob, drop shot [...]
A tiny, bright light made her way into this crazy old world Friday morning and her name is Ronni Wren. Ronni becomes the 15th person to join our family since her great-grandfather, and namesake, Ron Kostelnik passed away in 1993. He left a prolific legacy of love and laughter that ripples through generations and from [...]
