A few weeks ago, we went up to the north shore for a day trip. I took the two youngest to play on a rocky beach, while Michael took the two boys fishing. It was highly satisfactory for all, especially considering the two oldest both caught fish on their excursion …
She sits in her laundry basket in the backyard, quietly breathing in the cool of the summer afternoon. The garden needs tending after a lot of rain has caused a sudden burst of growth. The laundry sways, dancing on the line. Clouds shift and scurry overhead, cooling and heating intermittently. …
When you’re planting a garden, you generally don’t fling seeds around and hope they grow up. You have a plan and work that plan through its various stages, thinning the rows, providing proper care and protection, and looking forward with expectation to the end result. As part of an educational …
Our oldest spent the last week going to camp. He’s now home, and constantly singing songs about bringing baby bumblebees home and getting swallowed by large snakes and how you can’t get to heaven in certain vehicles or tennis balls. Because those sorts of songs must be sung eternally. He’s …
