Friday’s Fresh Five! (10/5/12)
October brings magnificent fall colors, birthday cheer for Libras and Scorpios, sausage and beer, pink ribbons, scary-looking pumpkins and sweet-tasting treats. L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (10/19/12)
Oooo . . . how dark it was . . . how dread it was . . . walking the road to the end of the town . . . for the halfway tree . . . the Ghost-Eye tree . . . was feared by all . . . the great and the...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (11/2/12)
Photos by Linnell Chang “Whatcha lookin’ at, lady?” the bird seemed to say crossly as it stared back at me. A rather rotund, but scraggly-looking bird sat on the ground, hardly moving, not even as I...
View ArticleInspirational Thoughts for the New Year
#1 – A New Year A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within. Unknown #2 – The End and the Beginning For last year’s words belong to last year’s...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (1/10/14)
With his Santa’s hat askew, Buster, a black Lab, looks warily over at Ruca, his playful Corgi cousin from New York. “Is she still there?” one could only imagine him thinking as he tries to avoid eye...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (6/27/14)
Living to evolve and evolving to live, a butterfly’s short life is one of purposeful change. From egg to caterpillar to pupa to adult, the butterfly develops through a process of metamorphosis. The...
View ArticleTuesday’s Thoughts (4/21/15)
The words return, recover, and regroup define Mondays. Return to routines and schedules. Recover some semblance of order. Regroup by checking calendars, prioritizing, and taking inventory. I’m not a...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (5/1/15)
Movement caught my eye as I stood at the kitchen sink and stared out the window. Something landed on a nearby bush, sat for a while, and then flew away. I wondered if a hummingbird had built a nest...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (6/12/15)
Rotti doesn’t dwell on his disability. In fact, he’s a pretty darn happy guy. Despite the fact that he has a disease that caused his hind legs to become lame, his infectious joyful demeanor remains...
View ArticleFriday’s Fresh Five! (7/24/15)
“Stop right there! Don’t take another step!” I called out to my dad. He stopped suddenly, looked around for signs of potential danger, and then looked at me as if I’d lost my mind. “Why?” he replied...
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