Admittedly, February is a tough month to be stuck in winter. Below zero temperatures. More snow. Spring still a couple of months off. This is […]
A first worth documenting
Christmas Day 2020 — the day we brought ping pong balls into the hot tub and played our own version of “hot tub pong” (one […]
Christmas Eve
A snowy, icy, cold run Spider-man monopoly Tom & Jerry’s My mom winning monopoly Hot tub Stromboli Fire Home Alone New York Cheesecake — dark […]
Mama & Me Movie Night
I don’t want to ever take it for granted. Not one bit of my luck. Where I can have a movie night with my mom, […]
Apollo
President Kennedy challenged the nation to land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. Now it’s up to you to walk in […]
Change of Scenery
I’m at my brother’s office right now — he runs his own video production company Spoken Frame Media. I spend the afternoon with him filming […]
A place to go
I hope you too have a place to goWith a hot meal— turkey and lingonberries if you’re lucky —And a warm place to soakWhile sipping […]
Still on vacation
My parents have a sign hanging by the coat rack: “Still on vacation” They got it, I believe, some time after they moved permanently to […]
100WWC
My mom had her quarterly meeting for a non-profit she founded this evening: 100 Women Who Care of Northern Door County. It’s a local branch […]
For the better
I’m reading on the back porch of the cottageUmbrella up, sipping Diet Coke in the shadeLooking out at the life my parents builtMy dad carrying […]