The tile has been in and out of the box, on and off the table for several years, occasionally fingered thoughtfully before laid aside....

The black cloud that haunted many of us these past eight years swirled into a storm threatening the legs of the table, rattling the...

It has been a tough year. Today, my eyes are on the blessings. Under the pile of dominos determining our fate, the corner of a simple...

Where will we land? Like a roller coaster inching its way up a steep incline, like seasons refusing to turn or kittens scampering to...

I am certainly not a professional photographer. “Do you have many ideas for writing?” asked my husband. I scoffed. Do I have ideas? Not...

Sometimes the most humble offering is the most precious The silence is comfortable and dark—the silence of the boys entrenched in their...

This is not a Sun City concert. However, I did find myself at a similar venue when my friends and I were told that there were no reserved...

This is not Waldon Pond and is not near my sister's cabin. Outside my window, the ground is brown and green, dirt and sparse weeds...

How can people be cruel when surrounded by such beauty? At almost 14,000 feet, far above the forest, the peaks of rock dominated the...

Beautiful, isn't it? It's not mine. The fam enjoyed a wonderful dinner on Memorial Day, spent the afternoon playing Tripoley, and...

The amiable teen who joined us for games and meals during Blue Boy’s spring break disappeared. As Blue Boy headed south to Tucson,...

Cemeteries are fascinating, a repository of lives. Perhaps it is the Effexor that flattens my emotional responses, but I feel no...

I loved fishing with my dad on vacation. Thankfully, I didn't have to rely on it for income. The congregation at St. Andrew Lutheran in...

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet. Benjamin Franklin A competent pool swimmer, I had no trepidation about...

There is satisfaction in being needed. Excitement and apprehension dominated us as we moved Blue Boy 100+ miles away, to the University...

There have been no recent blog posts due to technical difficulties. The site is now under a new platform, hopefully less expensive than...