Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our favorite leprechaun greeted me with a pot of gold yesterday when I dropped by her house for a wee bit o' blarney. "Have some chocolate," she said. "I buy it from the Boy Scouts." Then she held up a basket full of giant candy bars, wrapped in gold. Connie the Cookie Lady celebrates every [...]
Every day's a party with our neighbor Connie, who routinely invites people to her living room for pizza and hot fudge sundaes. This week has been especially festive because yesterday she turned 90-years old. So, we whooped it up with the Cookie Lady and, frankly, we had a hard time keeping pace. Connie celebrates her [...]
The week she turned 89-years old, I caught our neighbor out cutting her grass. She gave me a hearty wave as I snapped a quick cellphone picture. "Just tidying up!" she yelled. We call her the Cookie Lady, and we've written about her before. Self-described as "Irish, Catholic and Senile," Connie remains as quick-witted, friendly [...]
Magic, mystery, chocolate, creativity, laughter, cute children, game parents, what's not to love about Halloween?I'm a lifelong lover of this Celtic Harvest celebration (thank you to my well-read librarian friend Nelda for that information). Courtesy of a fun-loving dad who liked to carve pumpkins and a health-conscience mom who broke form to serve sloppy joes, [...]