Sun pours down like honey

I am liking using these photos from Cape Cod (our August vacation) to illustrate writing work that is out.  I meant to have a lot of grea...

Very pleased to have a short story out.  The short story is called Loose Ends and is available to read online here at Imitation Fruit . ...

So many photos to post, more carnival, a pumpkin country day, but all we are focused on our wee dog at the vet today  for what we hope i...

     

It's ridiculously pretty up there.  We were strolling through Haley Farm State Park, a favorite spot when we are up that ...

Must be October...

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have.  Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task.  The rest is the...

Dear Tall Blonde Mommy, We were walking our little dog up our quiet street on a hot and quiet Sunday afternoon today and on the way back ...

  Everything is sweetened by risk. - Melissa Sweet, author and illustrator

I found this just last night when I was searching in old computer files for something else.  This beautiful member of our family died sev...

            A Brief for the Defense Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving ...

Teach me, O God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach me to breathe de...

  very cranky seagull who was hanging around obviously peturbed about something (perhaps our lack of snacks?) who looked quite st...

The beginning is always today. - Mary Wollstonecraft

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.  - Anne Sullivan

Stayed home with summer cold and missed the fireworks...well...not quite.  Brilliant surprise down the street, just glorious. 

Nothing can be more useful to you than a determination not to be hurried. - Henry David Thoreau