Small Moments of Great Reward

Aunt Eunice died mid-October. This was not entirely a surprise. Aunt Eunice (my dad's aunt on his mother's side) was 97 and a fe...

The unseasonably warm weather we had last week turned cold and wet abruptly. This weekend has been blustery and and rain-spotted and windy. ...

Every now and then, a post cries out to be updated. Sometimes the update comes about because of something a reader or friend pointed out, so...

Fall has moved into central Ohio on little cat feet, stealthily and steadily, until one day recently I looked up and said, "Oh, it...

When we finish a good book, we feel as we do at the end of an appetizing meal—satisfied, refreshed, ready to continue our normal lives with ...

Ben, chuckling, at about three months old  Ben called last night and in the middle of recounting the story of a recent meal, he started ...

One of the advantages of having a (very) small wardrobe is I have a pretty good idea of how long I have had this or that skirt or dress or t...