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  • My favorite doors

    I am constantly reminded how thankful I am for the life that Greg and I share. But I really should let you know that I am just a wee bit curious as to what door I will find him building next!
  • My favorite doors
    I am constantly reminded how thankful I am for the life that Greg and I share. But I really should let you know that I am just a wee bit curious as to what door I will find him building next!
  • A not-so-civilized walk
    After we finished the daily chores, we decided to take a bit of time off and go for a walk with the dogs. We thought, however, that we would not take our usual walk along the creek, but that we would rather take a walk through civilization – with leashes.
  • A not-so-civilized walk
    After we finished the daily chores, we decided to take a bit of time off and go for a walk with the dogs. We thought, however, that we would not take our usual walk along the creek, but that we would rather take a walk through civilization – with leashes.
  • Fall gourds
    So this is fall. When I glance in the rear-view mirror as I drive down the road to the cabin, I see a swirling cloud of leaves rolling in my wake.
  • Fall gourds
    So this is fall. When I glance in the rear-view mirror as I drive down the road to the cabin, I see a swirling cloud of leaves rolling in my wake.
  • Special people
    This story is not about the creek, or the animals, or anything at all about the valley we call home. It is about people – all different sorts of wonderful, yet different people. I had been planning a gathering, a family rendezvous, in the city some know as the Big Apple.
  • Special people
    This story is not about the creek, or the animals, or anything at all about the valley we call home. It is about people – all different sorts of wonderful, yet different people. I had been planning a gathering, a family rendezvous, in the city some know as the Big Apple.
  • My grandmother's kerchief
    Certainly, over the past 20 years, I would occasionally open the drawer, and sort through the bright colors and bold patterns, but I would always carefully fold them back up and put them away until another day, but not this time. 
  • My grandmother's kerchief
    Certainly, over the past 20 years, I would occasionally open the drawer, and sort through the bright colors and bold patterns, but I would always carefully fold them back up and put them away until another day, but not this time. 
  • Just a wee bit chilly
    I am sitting on the side deck. No doubt about it. I am a bit cold, but I do not want to move. The sun is shining down between the clouds, warming the black fur of the dog that sits by my side, and it occurs to me that it is good to wear black on a chilly fall day.
  • Just a wee bit chilly
    I am sitting on the side deck. No doubt about it. I am a bit cold, but I do not want to move. The sun is shining down between the clouds, warming the black fur of the dog that sits by my side, and it occurs to me that it is good to wear black on a chilly fall day.
  • Old friends
    It amazes me that we have known each other for 40 years. To my eye, we both look the same as we did the day we met, standing in her mother’s kitchen, real butter under a ceramic lid, as I learned to make wine from her father.
  • Old friends
    It amazes me that we have known each other for 40 years. To my eye, we both look the same as we did the day we met, standing in her mother’s kitchen, real butter under a ceramic lid, as I learned to make wine from her father.
  • The blue heron
    We were soon up on the main road and headed to the county fairgrounds. It seemed that we had joined a throng of fellow county folks all on their way to set up for the weeklong adventure. 
  • The blue heron
    We were soon up on the main road and headed to the county fairgrounds. It seemed that we had joined a throng of fellow county folks all on their way to set up for the weeklong adventure. 
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