Fair (Game)
I wanted a reason to bring back a couple of blog posts. They are fair week inspired. Fair means vacation. It means freedom. It means...
Front Matter(s)
I chose to be part of a review panel for an upcoming award. I selected Young Adult literature as my preferred category. I had never...
Lost Dog
I started my day like always. I walked my dog before work. The weather was uncharacteristically cool so I knew where we would end up. ...
The Connection to Freedom
I have a bit more fitness freedom this summer. This flexibility opened the doors of Planet Fitness over the 4th of July holiday. My...
Appearances
I needed to get rid of the bump on my kitchen wall. It wasn’t functional. It wasn’t ugly, maybe, but it was unignorable. “What is it?”...
Holiday Weekend
Meteorologist predicts, “Nice weather for the holiday weekend.” Pause. Disbelief. Juneteenth? No. Memory catches up to his calendar....
In the Dark
“What’s on your list? Did you see (name a TV series or movie) is on Netflix?” These are common questions, conversations starters, even...
Dry Spell
“If I wasn’t watering, the garden would be shriveled. Water at night and it’s dry by morning. Like you didn’t do anything.” My dad...
Go(ing) Around
REFERENCE- Krawec, Patty. (2022). Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future. Broadleaf...