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My son Alex had been spending some time on the back deck when I heard the back door open. “It’s beautiful outside.” He called. I could hear the sound of something being put in the kitchen sink. “Dishwasher’s clean!” I called back. “Okay, thanks.” I was sitting on the couch, working on my laptop, whenContinue reading “LIGHT READING”

“Sing us a song you’re the piano man…” I sung in the phone when my sister Liz picked up. She started to laugh. “Okay, so I’m not a very good singer.” I laughed to myself. “But did you know Billy Joel’s 100th concert at Madison Square Garden is going to be shown on TV tonight?”Continue reading “PIANO MAN”

I was struggling to carry several grocery bags up the front walk. Standing at the bottom of the porch steps, still holding all the bags and trying to get my house keys out of my pocket, when the front door opened. “Do you need help?” My son Alex asked. “I’ve got it.” I said asContinue reading “DOORMAN BUILDING”

“There’s a storm a’brewing.” I said as I rubbed my hip and looked out the window. “Really?” My son Alex took out his phone and checked his weather app. “There wasn’t any predicted in the forecast for today.” “I don’t care what the weather app says.” I began flexing my fingers and couldn’t help butContinue reading “STORM’S A’BREWING”

My husband Steven and I were sitting on the couch, both of us scrolling through our phones, when I remembered something I wanted to ask him. “Hey, did you notice that our forsythia is really popping this year?” Steven looked up confused. “Forsythia? Where do we have forsythia?” Now I was confused. “You haven’t seenContinue reading “SURVIVOR”

“I love this time of year.” I said as I looked out our front window. “The forsythia is in full bloom, a hint of green is coming out on the willow trees, robins are running amuck all over the neighbor’s front yards…” “And bunnies are everywhere!” Alex interrupted me as he came to stand nextContinue reading “BUNNIES EVERYWHERE”

I was walking into the kitchen rubbing the sleep from my eyes when my husband Steven looked over at me. “Morning. How’d you sleep?” He asked as he poured the water into the coffee maker. “More weird dreams.” I sighed as I went over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “And I’m exhausted.”Continue reading “BIG DREAM, LITTLE SLEEP”

It had been pouring rain overnight for several hours. My husband Steven was away on a trip so I was in charge of checking the basement to see if any water came in. When I woke up my son Alex was already in the kitchen making coffee. “How’s the basement doing?” he asked. “I don’tContinue reading “DOWN COMES THE RAIN”

I had just gotten back from grocery shopping and was unloading the bags in the kitchen when my son Alex came in to help me. I took a bottle of shampoo from a bag and was placing it on the counter when I noticed the shampoo’s directions and started to laugh. “Ah… now it’s massageContinue reading “LATHER RINSE REPEAT”

“Oh, my gosh!” I let out a big sigh. “If I see one more article telling me how delicious bugs taste I’m going to scream!” I tossed the magazine I’d been reading on the couch next to me. “Hey, I heard they have a nice nutty taste to them.” Alex called from the kitchen. HeContinue reading “CRICKET COOKIES”