While hiking with my family, I kept seeing all these grids in the woods. there was order to the trees and the rocks (though human hands had stacked them), there was a structure that I loved. We wandered over a new bridge, which created a strict order over the wild swamp, but the sun played with the ... View Post
The Cardinal Rule
I have been staring out the window, seeing nothing but brown, brown, brown. Its winter and there is no snow. The sky can be a soaring blue, but it can all be a dismal gray that sits right on top of the trees and pushes down slightly. I am embarrassed how long it took me to really see that ... View Post
Swimming in the Current
My little story cloth took a swim on Sunday, when we spent the day next to a mountain creek (the prettiest little creek that you ever did see!). At the time I was very interested in my lunch, when I saw this little bit of fabric tumbling past me in the breeze. I leapt after it, but it moved quickly ... View Post
Vacations worth the sweat
When we commit a chunk of money to a vacation, we hope that we will come out of it with some good memories and awakened interests and family connection. I mean, it’s a lot of money. And a lot of work to plan, pack and carry out. So we want some return on our investment, right? We want to have ... View Post