Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I introduced my granddaughter to her shadow this week and they made a delightful pair. They stomped a little, just to show who was boss. Then they waved to each other, having achieved a happy detente. And then they danced, We clapped along, my shadow and I, a lucky, veteran audience of two. Later, other [...]
We understand logistics, and lifeguards who need to leave for college, and musicians who are also teachers that have to prepare their classrooms for the start of the school year, and yoga instructors with businesses to run, but, man oh man, do we hate to say good-bye to summer. Especially with a whole month to [...]
I thought I had a church song rumbling around my head during these past few lovely days of summer. Turns out it was John Denver. In any case, it’s the perfect theme song for those of us who might be getting a little worried that our favorite season is zooming along too fast. Today while [...]
Tina Turner scored a happy weekend for us as we welcomed summer by rolling down the river with our own proud Mary and the gang. We “never do nothing easy though” and that river was cold! But, not as cold as the last time this particular group jumped in so we shook off the temporary [...]
I like to think summer picks up steam as July rolls into August and we aim for the grand stand of summer’s bell lap. Our skin smells like sunscreen and lake water or chlorine; our toes wriggle in the breeze. Maybe we’ve coasted a lap or two, thinking we’ll hit the beach another day. But, [...]