Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The delightful convergence of three special days turned an ordinary Tuesday into a particularly sweet day around here. First came the paczkis, those pillowy Polish treats that pop up just in time for us Catholics to know exactly what we're giving up when we abstain from desserts during Lent. I picked a pack of paczkis [...]
Late yesterday afternoon I popped into River Tyme Bistro and started to order a sensible cup of Peach Rooibos tea, when I small sign caught my eye. "Homemade hot toddies," it said. "Ooooooo," I thought, as I often do. And, that's how I found myself sitting outside on a pretty patio on an ordinary Thursday [...]
I’m spot treating my mud-splashed pants while simultaneously doing deep squats in my laundry room, and I’m doing both to ward off the effects of an emergency Paczki run. Frankly, I’m a little cranky. Let me explain. I’m the granddaughter of a proudly Polish man. I know my way around a pieroghi. Halubki? I can [...]
The summer after she turned 80, we asked our friend Marion how she managed to maintain her impressive biceps. She laughed as she flitted from pastry counter to register. Then she got serious. "I do my exercise routine every morning," she said. "It's important, you know. You have to stay strong." A middle child in [...]
I try my best to block out all memories of winter and the chills that came with it. However, one particularly bitter day stays pleasantly in my mind. I was walking to my driver's ed. class about a mile away. It was windy and cold and the sun hung low in the sky despite the [...]