Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The heart caught my eye as I hurried out to the car on a cold winter day. The afternoon sun had sent a prism of color exploding through a glass ornament dangling from my neighbor's tree, and the effect was quite spectacular. I stopped for a second to admire it, fished my phone out of [...]
Earlier this week, my granddaughter Margo enjoyed the kind of very special Bluey episode that makes you feel good about this old world and the characters in it. The "Buy Nothing" group in her parent's neighborhood had organized a curbside giveaway event. So, Margo and her parents, Charlie and Tara, took a little afternoon stroll [...]
I first noticed the chalk board as I made my way home from a long and sweaty walk one summer day. Perched on a fence in front of one of our neighborhood's loveliest gardens, it said, "Kind words can be easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless." I just loved that someone had [...]