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    Think A Little

    … on a delayed gift, acorn to oak

    There’s a baby oak tree in the potting room sink. Five years ago, on an August afternoon in North Carolina, I sat with JoHn... Read More

    Tags: rites of passage, family, empty nest, college graduation, parenting, just ponderin', Elon University, class of 2020, class of 2020 plus one, covid college graduation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on acorns and oaks

    There is a college a wee bit south of us… Okay, eleven hours south. Fifteen if there are multiple pile-ups on i95, somewhere around... Read More

    Tags: family, empty nest, humor, photography, dropping off at college, Elon, Elon University, first year of college, kid going to college

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