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Tartle: Old Scots; to hesitate while introducing someone because you’ve completely forgotten their name
Steve liked to joke that he “sang best ten or twelve miles away” when asked, but volunteered just the same. Read more
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Flying Through Snow
When there’s a foot of snow on the ground one cannot always count on a garbage bag to carry one to the bottom of a perfect and steep hill, not even with a head start. The snow was hard powder and ripe for sledding. A black trash bag had been all I had needed before Read more
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Snowday
A civilian doesn’t get it, gets mad when they hear about it, gets furious if they have kids in school, and they hear the words “Snow Day.” Yet, those are soul soothing words to a teacher. Even one who believes her class to be so important that her instructional time is the most important part Read more
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The Nightmare
“I love the way you think, Cynthia.” John ordered their desserts. Read more
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Barefoot Willie, revisited
Barefoot Willie sang to his bunny and his bunny sang to him. Read more
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“It was twenty years ago today…”
Sometimes a shouting match ended with a loud barking. Dodger didn’t allow the boys to argue.
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Twin Angels
We were just about the most normal and boring single parent family in the world.
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Traffic Stop Fundraiser
Everything in that car made me look guilty of something. I saw the cop look inside.
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End of Spring Break
I have to go back to work today. I’ve enjoyed being off all week and posting daily. I got to participate in my morning writing group for the last ten days, it was wonderful to be able to write in community. For almost two years, we’ve been writing together, it’s such a joy when I…

