Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Listen, I'm all for seasons. I like to give them each their due. And I'm thankful for almost everything -- my family and friends, of course. I'm also grateful for the honey I ladle on my morning yogurt, the gecko that lives amiably upstairs and never asks me for anything, the pillow on my bed [...]
I sent my family members a lovely ornament, which, as it turns out, commemorated our family trip to Kilkenny. Except, none of us, save our almost son in-law Ed, has ever been to Kilkenny, and he went a dozen years ago. Thanks to my creeping farsightedness, I misread the ornament when I ordered it, cheerfully [...]
Of course Christmas twinkles from every corner of Santa Fe, the city shares the big guy’s name. The fey spirit of Santa winks out from everywhere — obvious places like the well-lit town square and quieter corners of the foothills. Pepper garlands loop through street lights and store windows. A street crooner braves the chilly [...]
Have you seen the City Park Christmas Tree this year? I wager she’s never looked better. She took my breath away when I went careening up Drew Street and caught her brilliance out of the corner of my eye. A thousand lights, no maybe ten times 10,000 lights beamed back at me. I set aside [...]
Cousin Benny has had his hands full this Christmas keeping an intense eye on every single member of our holiday-filled house. He’s here in the living room monitoring the couch sitters (and waiting patiently for permission to climb aboard for a snuggle). He’s there on the kitchen floor, staring up at the nibblers and hoping [...]