Early Spring Quiet
This is usually the scene in my bed at the end of the day. Mabel goes to sleep next to me, and Giuseppe snuggles in next to her when I get up. He prefers Mabel’s sleeping self to her waking one. I...
View ArticleA Christmas to Remember
So much has happened since I was last able to write here. It feels like it’s been so long! I’ll have to break things up over a couple of posts so I don’t completely overwhelm you. These photos of...
View ArticleOctober Baby
October…where to start? At the beginning, I guess. My baby sister, Angie, was diagnosed with cancer this summer. I flew to Atlanta in early October to spend a few days with her. She’d just finished the...
View ArticleWandering
The walk to find the winterberries, deep in the swampy part of the woods, was my idea. In fact, I insisted they come with me. It was late afternoon and there wasn’t much daylight left. Once we arrived,...
View ArticleNot Yet
Well, goodness. Did we even have winter? There was a brief absence of flowers, but they are back and though the calendar says, “not yet,” it’s definitely spring in my corner of Virginia. We left off on...
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