We spent a couple of nights in the Days Inn. And then early morning hours in a small hospital waiting room lit by Coke and candy machines. That was the night my mom’s blood pressure was whack. My sister swiped a couple pillows off a stretcher in a hallway and cleaned them with her always-present […]
Saturday Snaps: A Peek at a Piping Plover
We’ve just come back from the Au Sable Light Station near Grand Marais, and the grandgirl and I are hiked out. She just wants to crash in the cabin with her Littlest Pet Shop critters and her case of plastic fish. I just want to make some coffee, put up my feet, and eye my slice […]
Textures of Text: A Tale of Water
I yank the freezer door open and scoop a handful of ice from the purchased bag into her cup. A few chunks fall on my feet, and I kick them out of the way. I go out to the back kitchen and press the spigot on the white ceramic water crock. I fill the […]
When the Way Gets Rough
We make a last-minute decision to check out our son’s wedding venue in Ludington, Michigan and make plans for the rehearsal meal. It’s a working weekend, but we take the bikes along, too. And the grandgirl. Because it’s also bachelorette party weekend, and her mom is in the wedding. Ludington sits right on Lake Michigan […]
Fuel for the Weekend: Seeing the Country Sights
The farmers still can’t plant. The earth struggles to swallow all the sky continues to deliver. And I think how sometimes it seems to take forever for me to soak up all that God pours in before I notice any kind of growth. The air hangs heavy with the scent of lilacs. I can’t walk […]
