She drove to the airport. Flew to the Pacific Northwest. Drove to the ocean. Walked to the beach. Made it to the water. The Arizona girl trekked to the Oregon Coast in celebration of Summer, family, vacation, and (oh yes!) graduation! A few sunny days, a few cloudy days, and many happy days. Beach walking,…
I’m sitting on an cross-country flight as I write this (my trip will be long over by the time you read this, though!) and relishing in the energy and adventures I find in travel. The people watching in an airport is delightful (today’s highlight: the overall-and-pigtailed three-year-old who never met a stranger), the inspiration of…
He stood with solemn enthusiasm at mid-field, poised for a show and waiting for his cue. His favorite, his smalls, his girl; she sat in front of him, giggling and unsuccessfully holding perfectly still. Noah had already served as guinea pig for Darbey‘s photographic whim, he’d already moseyed through the library (we’d almost lost him…
Arizona has been long cherished in my heart of hearts: the huge sky gives my soul room to breathe, the morning birds sing a familiar only-in-African tune, the year-round wall of warm air outside every door is delightful. My college roommate lives in Phoenix. My brother lives in Tucson. My cheerleader-adopted-mom lives in Yuma….
She stood in the middle of ornate gardens, intricate details on all the buildings and tendrils of hair blowing in the (bitterly cold) breeze. She told me about her friends, her family. her favorite music (John Mayer and Metallica), her school, her dreams, her plans-for-the-next-step. We walked around, watching painters paint and listening to birds…
April showers bring May flowers. What do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims! Do you remember that? The little nursery rhyme ditty/joke that made the seven-year-old you laugh hysterically? Well, here it is. April 1. Time for the April showers to bring us those May flowers. (And the pilgrims, of course.) Instead of an April Fool’s joke today,…
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