Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Some years roll in on waves of such confounding challenges you have to take a Polar Plunge to wash the smudge away and start the new year fresh. Others offer so many magical moments your heart swells with gratitude and you marvel at the beauty in this big, old world. For us, 2024 was the [...]
I’d like to say we’re sprinting toward the finish line of 2023, but the truth is we’re lurching. We will not be the family that crosses that tape in lockstep, grinning easily toward the camera and wearing our festive matching Christmas jammies. At least not this year. We’ve hit some headwinds on our bell lap [...]
Let's tiptoe forward, past this sleeping cherub of a New Year, grateful for a little peace and willing to tamp down our triumph in order to maintain it. No loud declarations, chest pumping, football spiking, jersey tossing, look-at-me, good luck jinxing, excessive celebrations. Let's approach this round of roaring twenties with a satisfied purr; appreciate [...]
If you want to learn a thing or two about the contagious joy of Christmas, swing by Lenny Ruel's place. Light by 60,000 lights, he's been happily celebrating with an increasing circle of friends since 2008. "These Lights Ruel" have become a Christmas phenomenon, a sophisticated light display set to music and available to anyone [...]
Sometimes people, bands, and even music festivals turn out to be exactly what you had hoped they were. Such is the case for Molly B and Me, whose 2014 did not kick off as smoothly as we had planned, but whose January 2 brought a fresh wave of optimism and fun. Perhaps we should have [...]