We are, we agreed last night as we sat munching grilled burgers in the shadow of a park that had hosted us all weekend, lucky ducks. In one weekend we experienced nearly all of the summer activities we’d been dreaming about since last fall. We swam every day in the public pool across the street [...]
Incomplete and inaccurate, Daily Salinas’ application to remove “The Hill We Climb” from a Miami-Dade County elementary school should have been dismissed outright. Salinas didn’t even list the correct author of the piece. She left several lines blank, including “To what do you object,” which seems like a key thing to answer when you're so [...]
My daughter Molly goes into the woods as often as she can to forage for delicacies. On some lucky days, I get to tag along. This past weekend she introduced us all to the edible wonder of the Wisconsin Wood Violet. The violets played a starring role in a decadent dessert she made for us [...]
Tina Turner scored a happy weekend for us as we welcomed summer by rolling down the river with our own proud Mary and the gang. We “never do nothing easy though” and that river was cold! But, not as cold as the last time this particular group jumped in so we shook off the temporary [...]
The gift arrived so unexpectedly I almost tripped over it as I walked out the door last night. "Hey guys!" I said, as I turned around and headed back in. "Want to help me open this box? I don't know what it is. I don't remember ordering anything." We shook it, of course. Then, we [...]