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BUNNY BONANZA

“Hey, there’s a bunny in our back yard!” My son Alex called to me from the kitchen as he was making his morning coffee. “I’m watching one in the front yard!” I called back to him as I sat on the couch, sipping my tea, watching the front yard bunny nibble on some clover. “IContinue reading “BUNNY BONANZA”

AN ORANGE TREE

I was standing in my back yard, looking up in the trees, when my son Alex came out the back door. “What are you doing?” He called to me. I had my hand cupped over my eyebrows, shading my eyes from the morning sun. “I’m looking for oranges.” I called back. Alex stepped out theContinue reading “AN ORANGE TREE”

BUTTERY GOODNESS

My husband Steven and son Alex and I were in one of our favorite parks. As we hiked through the woods, (okay it was really a walk), we traveled over a wooden bridge where a slow moving brook was passing underneath. Bright green leaves of skunk cabbage plants were dotted along its banks. “I haveContinue reading “BUTTERY GOODNESS”

DUCK AND COVER

“NO! NO! NO! NO!” I yelled as I looked out the front window watching a small chipmunk casually go from clover flower to clover flower as if it didn’t have a care in the world. “What’s wrong?” My son Alex said as he quickly came out of his room and into the living room whereContinue reading “DUCK AND COVER”

LUCK OF THE CLOVER

We were over at my brother-in-law Donny’s house, walking around the back yard looking at all the planting he’d been doing, when I realized we were walking in the middle of a clover patch. I just had to stop. “I feel one in here.” I said looking down. “What?” Donny asked. “She’s looking for aContinue reading “LUCK OF THE CLOVER”

ARE YOU SICK?

I’d just come in from the backyard and I quickly went over to the tissue box on the counter, pulled two sheets out of the box, and began to blow my nose. “Are you sick?” My son Alex asked as he came into the kitchen. “I’m pretty sure it’s allergies.” I said as I tossedContinue reading “ARE YOU SICK?”

QUIET PLEASE

“I love that you’re back guys.” I said as I was looking out my front window at the dozens of robins hopping around my front yard. “But could you not start singing until at least dawn?” My son Alex came into the room. “Who are you talking to?” He asked as he came to standContinue reading “QUIET PLEASE”

WHAT TIME IS IT?

I was laying in bed, reading my book, when I finally got the wave of exhaustion washing over me that signaled I was ready to fall asleep. “That’s enough of that.” I said as I closed my book, put it on the nightstand then clicked off my bedside light. I was asleep within moments. WhatContinue reading “WHAT TIME IS IT?”

SCENT OF SPRING

I stepped out the front door, heading out for work, when I stopped and inhaled. “Oh my gosh! Do you smell that?” I asked my son Alex who had opened the front door for me. Alex inhaled. “I don’t smell anything.” I stepped further out on the porch. “Come out here.” I said as IContinue reading “SCENT OF SPRING”

SIDE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

My friend Rosanne and I are book lovers so we decided we were going to visit independent bookstores throughout New Jersey. It was only our second trip out when we thought we’d keep it local, visiting a few bookstores in the neighboring town of Asbury Park. Driving around town, looking for a parking space, IContinue reading “SIDE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE”