Two years ago today I kissed my BFF goodbye as she moved on from this world to the next. For years she wanted a dog, and I always said no. Because she worked a lot, all over the world and the dog would be my responsibility for weeks at a time while she was in […]
Parenting Tragedies
Every so often I am reminded of how easy it is to completely screw up as a parent, and that some of those mistakes could last forever. I love fireworks. Not the noisy firecrackers, M80s or quarter sticks of my childhood that were used to blow up helpless frogs or kill piles of bullhead in […]
There’s More to Life than Vegetables
The Garden
I’ve tried this before, years ago, out back. The results were less than stellar. After a few years of battling deer, other critters, lack of sun, and too much rain, we gave up the idea of a vegetable garden. Then, last summer, my mom brought me some strawberry plants. I absentmindedly let them languish for […]