Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
If the darkest hour is just before dawn, it's also the sweetest. Most days I unwrap it with great anticipation, like a piece of fine chocolate. Generally, I have the place to myself when I rise before dawn; I get to sip a little tea and watch the sun stretch its golden streaks of optimism [...]
Our daughter Molly has always navigated the unpredictable waves of life with the steadiest of strokes. So, even she was surprised by her recent reaction to what some might view as a minor household mishap. She broke a mirror in her college apartment and immediately panicked. I believe, as she reached for a broom to [...]
I didn’t match a single number in the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night. That’s got to be worth something, right? Apparently, not. It’s a shame for the charitable foundation I had intended to set up and through which I'd modestly planned to eradicate cancer and global poverty. It’s also a bummer for my children. Oh, [...]
I've long been confounded by the capricious nature of life. Last year, I planted two large begonias in identical pots, equidistant from the center of my front porch. While each pot received the same amount of water and sunlight, one flourished and one slowly withered until, by August, it lay sad and petal-less. The more [...]
My friend Angie mused a little during our Wednesday morning bootcamp. "You know," she said between impressive plyo jacks. "If you squint from a distance, the snowy bushes can look like flowering dogwood trees." This is what it's come to here in the Midwest, where spring takes its ever-lovin' time. We delude ourselves. One year, [...]