Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Those front porch pictures looked both refreshingly familiar and startling new yesterday as students from our area posed on their first day of school. Some of them masked up and headed into schools, others turned around and headed right back into their houses for their first day. I salute them all and their teachers, staff, [...]
Our favorite ballroom dancer turns 90 tomorrow and, if you think she is even mildly daunted at the prospect of hitting that milestone in the midst of a pandemic, you don't know the unflappable Janet Mahr. She and her husband of 64-years kicked off their lives together in the midst of a local pandemic when, [...]
Our priest has tested positive for COVID-19 and, while he has said he is starting to feel better and I am very glad to hear that, I am also worried about the exposure to my fellow parishioners. Our parish is full of admirably faithful people, many of whom are elderly and especially vulnerable. We are [...]
I asked my mother last night if she had ever used a gas station bathroom and she looked at me aghast. "Absolutely not," she said. "Do you know me?" I do. And, I may have been baiting her because my mom also has never pumped her own gas. In fact, I have only ever seen [...]
In this Willy Wonka world, it's nice to find a Charlie Bucket every now and then. We spent the weekend with ours. Visits with our adult kids always feel like golden tickets to us anyway, and this one was an even rosier gold because it brought our family a lovely new member. We had planned [...]