Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We offered to get Molly a Smartphone for her birthday next month, but she politely declined. She's been consistent in her loyalty to old school forms of communication, and only reluctantly hauled a lap top to a summer writing program she attended in Boston. "I found a perfect study spot," she told me -- not [...]
On Saturday afternoons, our 13-year old neighbor Henry loads up his vintage shoeshine kit, straightens his dapper bow tie and heads downtown. He sets up shop outside on mild summer days, inside of late, and spends a couple of amiable hours in earnest labor, bringing worn out shoes to life. He chats easily as he [...]
A poignant article in last week's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reminded me of two powerful lines from To an Athlete Dying Young. "Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay." Famed author and sports commentator Dick Schaap read the A.E. Housman poem at my dad's funeral more than 20 years ago. [...]
Like the well-tailored clothes she chose with charming regularity, my Grandma left a legacy of timeless elegance. Yesterday would have been her 100th birthday and my mother urged us all to celebrate with a generous slice of chocolate fudge cake, her signature dessert. She also made perfect peach pie, bourbon balls and chocolate chip cookies, [...]