Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We saw a humpback whale breach in the distance and considered that spectacular display a fine reward for our journey across the Bay of Fundy. We all applauded with glee and readied ourselves for the journey home, thinking that was the show we'd all come to see. It turned out to be just the opening [...]
According to one legend, Peggy's Cove, a pretty little fishing village on the south shore of Nova Scotia, owes its name to the lone survivor of a shipwreck, a little girl rescued and raised by the fishermen who found her. Maybe. But I think that cove belongs to another feisty Peggy, an octogenarian grandma who [...]
Did you ever misread a situation so dramatically it lead you to question your ability to read signs at all? I did several times last week. A lonely looking man approached my daughters and me as we were sitting at a rooftop establishment waiting for sunset. "Is it okay if I sit over here?" he [...]
Conveniently located right between me and my oldest daughter, the Grand Canyon stands as both a perfect meeting point for two people who really, really needed to see each other and an age-old monument to Mother Nature's majesty. I mean, really! We drove up on a brisk morning a few weeks ago and initially had [...]
The last time I thought about William Cullen Bryant was in 1982 when most of my friends were wandering around the hallways at Xavier High School sort of glassy-eyed and mumbling the last stanza of Thanatopsis. “So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where [...]