Mockingbird Music

Mockingbird Music

by | Apr 5, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature

The Northern Mockingbird is so entertaining. From sunrise to sunset it sings incessantly and I have no idea what its actual voice sounds like. Its palette of sounds is seemingly endless: chirps, trills, whistles, peeps, coos and everything in between. You see the...
On The Occasion Of Your 18th Birthday

On The Occasion Of Your 18th Birthday

by | Mar 7, 2022 | Friends & Family, Love

When I first met you you were wrinkled and red, covered in that white powdery stuff, fists clenched, eyes closed, wisps of hair dark and damp and plastered to your scalps. A few inches of umbilical chord, your lifeline to mom, was left protruding from your soon to be...
Teenagers On The Move!

Teenagers On The Move!

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Friends & Family, Love

Our teenage twins are constantly in motion. If you blink, you miss ‘em! Denali Dazzles Denali dazzles when she runs. Pippi Longstocking braids fall past her waist and become scarlet jet trails that fly behind her as she whizzes past. It’s a blur of freckles- hazel...
Ella

Ella

by | Feb 9, 2022 | Friends & Family, Love

Ella’s ears are still pointy, that much hasn’t changed. What has changed is Ella no longer is a kitten, she’s a full grown cat. Ella was once a foster cat. Eight years ago we took her in on a trial basis, fell immediately in love and decided to adopt her. The first...
Wonders At Our Doorstep

Wonders At Our Doorstep

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature

One of the benefits of retirement, besides the obvious one of not having to go to work every day and deal with the trials and tribulations of a regular job, has been getting to spend more time with my wife Carol. Over the past year Carol and I have made it a point to...
The Dancing Crystal

The Dancing Crystal

by | Jan 9, 2022 | Friends & Family, Love

In an upstairs widow in our home hangs a crystal. This crystal is a multi-faceted orb about half the size of a ping pong ball, shaped like a fat raindrop and coming to a slight point at the bottom. A thin filament runs through the top of this crystal. There are...