“Mom?” “Ya, Sam.” “Why is your pillow screaming?” I looked over to my newly hung L.L. Bean hammock, complete with custom embroidered pillow, and smiled.... Read More
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… on a sunrise in southport
Good mornin’. I thought you might get a charge out of the sunrise here on the coast of Maine. All I could think of... Read More
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… on christmas magic despite spiking
I love Christmastime (I also love that spell check doesn’t autocorrect me when I type it as all one word). I really do. I... Read More
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… on camelot and christmastime responsibility
Well, it’s that time of year again. All year long, I try to fly under the radar. By all appearances, I’m just a regular... Read More
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… on a bouncing octogenarian. again.
Yesterday, as I was ho, ho, ho-ing down the hall (side note: Don’t try to mimic a Bawston accent there – taking away the... Read More
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… a poem of gratitude, for the ‘chore’ of christmas cards
My memory is of a table Upon it, colorful Christmas cards I lick the stamps because I’m able As Mom writes her holiday regards.... Read More
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… on thanksgiving morning
Morning breaking, I’m partaking in coffee offered by my love. My smile spreading, I toss my bedding and thank my lucky stars above. In... Read More
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… on apples falling from trees
You know the saying, ‘The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree’? Ya? You know the horror that courses through your veins when... Read More
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… on freakin’ rainbows and T
Do you remember when I told you the story of T and Marshal? Seriously, no? C’mon, it was late last summer and I wrote... Read More
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… on batkid and folks doing a dang good job
Yesterday morning, after having nowhere else to turn as a crime spree threatened to engulf his city, the San Francisco…er….Gotham City police chief sent... Read More
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… on recovered grampa and dogs who choose poo over rabbits
“If the dog hadn’t stopped to shit he’d have caught the rabbit.” Yep. Grampa’s back. He and Granny drove up to see his surgeon... Read More
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… on saying thank you
Back in February of 2005, my beloved New England Patriots were playing the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl and we were about to... Read More