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Before I get started praising the wonders of dairy, and telling you how overjoyed I am to cross off my list of “can’t eats” anything derived from cow’s milk, I must give you fair warning. We are one of those … Continue reading →

What is torn can often be mended, but not always. I was lucky. Dusk came to the dock. In his parent’s lake house, one lamp on a night stand lit up a corner over cream colored carpet. My toes sank … Continue reading →

When I set up shop outside Starbucks at 5:15pm, I was hopeful, but over an hour later, nothing worth posting had happened on the screen. Around 6:45pm, on my way to Goodwill to purchase a couple pairs of jeans, when … Continue reading →

If you saw a thirty something mother and father pushing a well used umbrella stroller along the sidewalk, accompanied by their two young boys, this would be average. If neither boy was in the stroller, this would still be common … Continue reading →

remote control cord stretches from television to ez chair I eat canned spinach dripping forkfuls memorize TV guide “weeknights until 10pm” mom’s bed in our dining room aged green blanket stretched and wrinkly next to a typewriter story half written … Continue reading →

Here I am outside Starbucks. I have fresh decaf loaded with cream, a borrowed copy of Bird by Bird By Anne Lamott, a 3.5oz bar of “Organic & fairly traded chocolate caramel crunch *with sea salt*” and my laptop. This … Continue reading →

“I tend not to write about what’s currently going on in my life as if writing it will make living it less real.” I wrote this a few days ago. I’m now going to contradict myself by telling you, in … Continue reading →

“O God, I pray for the willingness to accept the prosperity in my life.” The rest area had a playground. Sun eased in sideways along my shoulders. I couldn’t have walked any slower to tomorrow. How long would I linger … Continue reading →

Nothing. No story. No images. No inclination to write. Just determination to stay with the assignment I set for myself to write 30 posts in 30 days. Here’s the deal. I slept in. I encoraged dad and son to get … Continue reading →

Daddy read Dr. Seuss, “Happy Birthday to You,” letting the boys make funny commentary all the way through. They prayed together while I dozed on the couch. Now I’ve come to join them, but I don’t follow my own rule: … Continue reading →