I was in my bedroom busy packing for a trip to see my sister Liz. While I was holding up different pieces of jewelry, trying to match them to the outfits that were laid out on my bed, my husband Steven was suddenly standing next to me. “Oh, my gosh!” I cried as I jumpedContinue reading “PERFECT PACKING”
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HIDDEN TREASURE
My son Alex opened the door to the back porch, where I was already sitting having my first cup of tea. “Morning!” He said. “You’re finally able to sit outside.” “It’s beautiful out!” I said as I leaned back in my rocking chair. “I think this is the first time I’ve been able to sitContinue reading “HIDDEN TREASURE”
SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME
I was curled up on my couch watching my favorite show when I heard the chime of the front doorbell ring from the speaker in my hallway. My television show was also interrupted with a video notification in the right hand corner of the screen and Alexa telling me “Someone is at your front door.”Continue reading “SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME”
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”
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”
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”
WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
It was late afternoon and I was standing in the kitchen with the refrigerator door open, staring inside, when my son Alex came into the room. “What’s for dinner?” He asked as he went over to the cabinet and took out a box of crackers. “Good question.” I moved a few things around on theContinue reading “WHAT’S FOR DINNER?”
EGGSILANCE
I was standing by our dining room table, a cloth in one hand and a spray bottle of Windex in the other, when my son, Alex, came into the room. “What are you up to?” He asked. “It’s that time of year again!” I said as I picked up an alabaster egg, nestled it inContinue reading “EGGSILANCE”
NOT IN THE HOUSE
I was in the kitchen, unloading the dishwasher, when I heard a strange noise. I stopped to listen, holding a glass midway to the cabinet. THWACK, THWACK, THWACK, THWACK. It almost had a rhythmic sound to it. I placed the glass in the cabinet and went to investigate. THWACK, THWACK I was getting closer asContinue reading “NOT IN THE HOUSE”
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