Taking time for the possibilities of mud puddles
Things that hide in the dirt and become sweeter
I guess spring is actually here. My garlic was tricked into March’s false spring, sending tender shoots into what should have been sunshine and warmth, but turned out to be winter’s inhaled breath before it blew out its last gasps. Cold, ice, and snow savaged the tiny shoots, and the tops of those plants are […]
What it means to have family on the sidelines
Car shopping is an evolutionary sort of thing
I am going to say upfront that I really despise vehicle shopping. But I find myself in the position of doing just that. Although I shopped for vehicles before I was married, this is the first time I’ve had to shop for a vehicle since Jim died six years ago. Fortunately, I have established relationships […]
A mounted pheasant and the entanglements of grief
10 things I learned while sitting in a garage waiting room
How my ailing dog has inspired me
How I co-exist with mud season and four dogs
When bad things happen we can still make choices
Cancer has claimed another life. It wasn’t just cancer. It was pancreatic cancer, which is the particular one that stole life from my husband Jim more than 6 years ago. This death hit close to home; it happened in the tight New England flyball (think dog relay racing) community I belong to. We all watched […]