I forgot to bring Sharkie. I remembered the suits, the towels, the swimming diapers. I even remembered to shave my legs. But it’s been months since I’ve been to a pool. I was out of practice with the mental packing list. Our extended family owns a condominium. In the center of the complex is a building equipped […]
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Mr. Feathers was a rooster I never met. He was the master of the hen house on a forty-acre farm owned by my friend, Anna. She brought Mr. Feathers home as a young cockerel along with the female chicks she planned to raise for eggs. He followed Anna while she pulled weeds around her tomato plants or […]
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Sometimes the simplest, even homemade-iest, gifts are the best. Let me show you one of my favorites. It’s a mug rug I display on my refrigerator as a little piece of art. My cousin, McMavenHaven.blogspot.com, loves to craft and craft and craft. She participates in knit nights and craft swaps and shares her talents with […]
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When we brought three guppies and a betta home, the girls were excited. Oh, look at the orange on his tail, it’s like a cheetah. Let’s name him Cheetah. Right in the middle of their excitement of naming and observing, Michael hit them with the truth: fish will die. Even with that matter-of-fact preparation, when Melisandra found […]
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When I told Melisandra, my daughter, we were going to a Mother Daughter Banquet, she said, “What do you do there?” I said, “We eat brunch and we watch a little program.” I sweetened the tone in my voice, “And, we celebrate our mother- daughterness together.” I put my hands by heart for emphasis on […]
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abundance in the boondocks 