Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Love grows surely in a frozen forest. Root tips touch. Nutrients pass along a mycorrhizal network. Tiny threads of life stretch from robust conifers to struggling saplings. Mother trees stand tall, sense stress send water block wind alert to danger. Oak, Maple, Hickory, Beech, Pine, Spruce and Fir Rise together. Spread their own branches. Bear [...]
If you want to know what really makes America the Beautiful, listen to those words sung by a second and third grade choir. Watch their proud little faces beam as, eyes trained on their music teacher, they find the notes that give those words lift. "America! America! God shed his grace on thee. And crown [...]
The heart caught my eye as I hurried out to the car on a cold winter day. The afternoon sun had sent a prism of color exploding through a glass ornament dangling from my neighbor's tree, and the effect was quite spectacular. I stopped for a second to admire it, fished my phone out of [...]
The birthday boy has requested an unconventional, though apropos for him, meal. He wants everyone to eat exactly what they want, and he's offered to drive around the city collecting their goodies. So, one person will enjoy a Shamrock Shake and a McCrispy sandwich. Another will eat the Jerk Joint's oxtail. One stubborn person will [...]
The lessons shuffle steadily, through generations and decks of cards. You can be young at heart, they say, but for criminy sakes, don't lead with hearts if you're the picker. Obviously. Saturday afternoon, my husband Vince joined a merry band of Sheepshead players whose founders first formed an alliance at Southside Junior High 85 years [...]
