As children, we called them lightning bugs.We caught them in jars with holes poked in the top,where we watched in fascinationas they lit up the dark,until in they diedin our…
It’s June and summer is almost here,or so they keep telling me.It’s doesn’t feel like summeris skipping just a little ahead. It feels like winter is pulling me backwith a…
Where once there was a beautiful garden with sunshine and rainbows chalked on the pavement; now there are only streaks of color bleeding into each other as summer rain pours…
We don’t see many ice cream shoppes anymore, the kind with the long counters and spouts for soda water, and the spindled mixer where soda jerks created real malted milk…
Vacation was different this year. The pandemic put an end to plans made long ago. We’ve stayed in seclusion for months now, except to work (which is essential) and trips…
Outside my window there’s a little girl laughing with her grandma in the yard next door. There’s the splash of water from the wading pool, and shouts of, “Watch me!”…
It’s Too Hot “I’m not going.” Bill plopped in his recliner and turned on the television. “What do you mean, ‘You’re not going’?” “Just what I said, Linda. You understand…
