pushing it down

I worked at summer camps for 8 of my 53 summers. The first 6 years, I worked at a camp that’s down the road from where we now live. The first two summers I worked there, I was a member … Continue reading

hidden blessings and the rustling leaves

I pulled up to a house yesterday to deliver a package and the owners weren’t home. Their old, white-muzzled Golden Retriever was home, though. He’s a dog I hadn’t met yet. That gets weird sometimes.  The dogs on the route … Continue reading

one square yard

I think I must have been in the seventh grade when we did the “one square yard” lesson. It got us outside, so I remember liking it. Anything that got us out from behind our desks with the attached table … Continue reading

why does the rooster crow in the morning?

Why does the rooster crow in the morning? That sounds like the setup for a hilarious rooster joke…but I can’t think of anything really all that funny to say about the situation. So, I’ll ask the question again….Why does the … Continue reading

cheap and scared

I’ve been good and scared some over the course of my life so far. That’s happened to me before. I’m good…for the most part, I’m pretty good, or at least I try to be…and I’ve had my moments where I’ve … Continue reading

the rooster’s off the porch

It’s strange to have a marker for the beginning of my day like throwing a crowing rooster off the porch. Growing up in a suburb of Atlanta, I never even entertained the idea that someday my life might include a … Continue reading

“I have to need”

In the hierarchy of reasons to “get”, my youngest son has quickly learned that “need” trumps “want’. It’s funny to watch him try to chase down the word “want” when it escapes from his lips and replace it with the … Continue reading

Clooney and the Philippines

We watch a lot of age-appropriate television in our house. I don’t mean that we watch more than our share of television in general. What I mean is that if the TV is on, we’re probably watching RescueBots or Dora … Continue reading

choose to love

The rooster woke up shortly after I did again this morning. I listened to him when he started crowing, and it almost sounded like he was saying, “HE’S UP!! HE’S UP!!! HE’S UP!!!!!” Maybe it’s my fault that he gets … Continue reading

“we need to share”

I’m up before anyone else in the house most mornings. Sometimes, Jenny can’t sleep and she’ll get up in the night…drink a glass of water, watch some television, then try and get back to sleep….but I’m usually up when it’s … Continue reading