coming for the lemonade

Back in the day when you stood for hours in a video rental store, picking up tape after tape, reading the backs of the boxes to try and find something that the whole family…the family that was smaller in age and … Continue reading →

all the words

OK, so here’s a weird hypothetical situation I was thinking about this morning. A “what if” that I can fill up a page writing about. A hail mary blog topic that might get me inspired enough to make my 500 … Continue reading →

touch the hem

I have an audio version of the Bible that I’ve started listening to again as I deliver mail. I go through spurts…I’ll listen to some self-help courses, listen to some novels on tape, listen to the radio and all the … Continue reading →

it was 20 years ago today…

that I stood at the front of an old Episcopal church in Asheville, NC and watched Jenny walk down the aisle in a beautiful white dress. Today’s the day we got married. Twenty years ago today. Now we sleep with … Continue reading →

house like a miracle

I made an “obtuse” comment…I seem to like obtuse comments…to a friend once about a “house like a miracle”. I think that she thought I was talking about the house that we live in….and I just let it go. I … Continue reading →

acorn

I was thinking about a post I wrote a couple of days ago where I mentioned that our new baby, Sparrow, was already a “person”. In spite of her “newness”, she already is a big part of the way towards … Continue reading →

30 years in….voila! You’re an expert.

My father made lefse. He’d make huge batches at Christmas so that he could share with our Scandinavian friends in the area. He didn’t have a commercial facility…just a flat stick, a griddle, a cloth to roll the lefse out … Continue reading →

who’s this baby gonna be?

Language is a funny thing. I think it’s funniest when it’s not intended to be funny. I don’t think puns are funny, really.  Clever isn’t really very funny. But language is funny. Funny strange. If I said something like, “Whose … Continue reading →

pie

If there was a piece of pie sitting on the kitchen table, and I wanted it, I would circle the table like a wolf around a campfire, teeth bared, eyes blazing in the firelight, growling… Now of course, if someone … Continue reading →

the wheels on the bus

…go round and round. I was thinking about the logistics of being a child this morning. If you listen to some of these songs that are written for children, life sounds like it was designed to roll pretty smoothly. Except … Continue reading →