I wonder how our rivers will record this volatile year. What stories will they tell in the sediment they leave behind? Does the 2020 moon wax in sympathy, or wane in dismay? Will the stressed roots of this year's trees grow deeper, will their acorns offer hope? Do the tides of 2020 hurry out and [...]
I like to imagine all the evening’s beauty and all the day’s promise come together in the magic moments when the moon and the sun share the sky. One rises and the other dips and they meet in a glorious curtsey that sends waves of brilliant color across the sky. And, even on those mornings [...]
Just weeks into my first job as professional sports writer 27 years ago, an arrogant high school football coach hurt my feelings as I interviewed him for a season preview. He told me his team would be running the Delaware Wing T offense and I asked him to elaborate. "Oh, honey,” he said “Anyone who knows [...]
The fresh air-grilled chicken-crackling campfire smell of summer greeted us last Saturday night as we made our way through tall snow banks to our friends’ house across town. We clumped toward the fire in our thick winter boots and held wool mittened hands up to its glow. Inside the house grew a neighborhood party with [...]