October 13, 2023

Fall Colors

Familiar Seasons 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… How can there be so many fall shades of yellow? I took in the exquisite fall colors surrounding me, as I sat at an interstate rest stop on the border of Minnesota. Only yesterday, I was home, further south where the trees were […]
October 11, 2022

Bandwidth and Scarcity

My 20-year-old Toyota Highlander has remarkable amenities that include an FM/AM radio, CD player AND a cassette player. One evening as I was rummaging through my purse my 4-year-old grandson spotted a cassette tape that I’d stuck in my purse to listen to on my hours long drive to his […]
August 18, 2022

Pass the Baton

The day was finally here. Had it taken months or only weeks to gather the girls into a somewhat organized track team? Our after-school training for the one big meet against the other elementary schools seemed to stretch out for forever. Our school playground was too tight for all of […]