On a hot evening in July fifteen years ago today I heard three words that changed my life in all …
GREETINGS FROM THE JUNGLE!
I cut a few ferns from the backyard today, in keeping with this week’s I-can-barely-breathe-it’s-so-humid theme. The tropics have apparently …
GARBAGE, COURAGE, ETC.
This past week I’ve been a little overwhelmed. It happens, right? The list gets longer, the days don’t. Worries grow, …
THE TUESDAY TROLLEY
Somehow R-kids and I found ourselves without a single baseball or softball game or practice this evening. We stared at …
THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES
If you’re not in one, on one, or lounging next to one… …or planning to soon, you’re not in Minnesota. …
AIRING MY LAUNDRY
Today I was chatting with a friend who, last summer, with her husband, built a guest house in her back …
GOOD ENOUGH TO LICK
This afternoon I drove past a girl with a shirt that was exactly the same color as an orange creamsicle. …














