One of the shots I posted recently of Elise holding a bubble in front of her face reminded me of this picture, taken in September 2006 wh...

"Uh, there's a snowman melting outside on the driveway," Kyle announced on the first day of July. "WHAT?" I ...

Our first daylily to bloom frames Elise on June 25, 2009. Now the lilies have bloomed in profusion. Somebody asked me how our  yard project ...

Simple, fleeting pleasures: a bottle of bubbles and a childhood summer afternoon of siblings enjoying each other's company. ...

Because I subscribe to the idea that a bargain is a bargain only if you can tell about it, I'm sharing my recent garage sale triumph. Th...

Come with me on a weird look at how my mind works: I don't know about time in a bottle, but today I bought optimism in a can. ...

Found on our road trip today: Neither rain nor sleet Nor 18 feet . . . ...