Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I watched waves of optimism welcome a new year yesterday as the sun set on a Florida beach. The dichotomy of the ocean -- at once steadfast and mercurial -- offers the perfect metaphor for the gift we humans have fashioned for ourselves each year. Waves roll in with a constancy upon which the whole [...]
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 like to think of New Year’s Eve as a worldwide celebration of the three gifts we all receive just for being human -- self-reflection, opposable thumbs and a fresh start. How lucky are we? Sure, I’ve had some years when I want to take that opposable thumb, wrap it over three fingers, lift the [...]
We sprinted to the finish of 2014, two whirling dervishes of Christmas cheer. Like gangly elves, we shopped and shipped, cooked and cleaned, tasted and toasted, waited and welcomed, cheered and chose. We high-fived as we passed in chaotic hallways, giddy on the adrenalin of a full house. "This is awesome!" we said as we [...]