Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
There is no better metaphor for summer than a sun-warmed strawberry fresh off the vine. Maybe you pop that first one of the season into your mouth while you’re still in the field. Its sweet burst of flavor reminds you of last summer — the lazy floats, campfires, music festivals, yoga in the park, crisp [...]
Are we Midwesterners ever not surprised by summer’s miracles? Monday, I rolled my yoga mat out onto a field covered with snow white clover blossoms. Just an eye blink ago, actual snow — mean, icy drifts of it, covered that same field. I took a deep breath of gratitude for the miracle of clover. On [...]
Like Meg Ryan's character in You've Got Mail, I am a big fan of daisies. The fragile appearance of their petals belie the determined stretch of their roots. They stand tall against inevitable storms with an admirable reliability. Harbingers of joy, they spring up early, stay late and tend happily to the task at hand. [...]
I had to say good-bye to our neighborhood pool this week, and I could not believe our time together had already come to an end. I wanted to give her a proper send off, so I popped over for an evening swim. The Erb Park Pool has been an especially good friend this year, waiting [...]
The old girl could use a new transmission. She creaks a little when she shifts gears, and sometimes gets stuck in second. She rattles when this happens and lurches forward in an ungainly manner. Still, she loves the road and summer is her season. The wind in her face energizes her, and when the sun [...]