“You never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” – Dr. Seuss When I was young, my dad loved to take us on day hikes near our home. We lived in a lot of different places growing up, sometimes in the city, sometimes in the suburbs or small towns,, and other …
Those of us who were around and old enough at the time will never forget the commercial for Chiffon Margarine proclaiming, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!” https://youtu.be/ijVijP-CDVI Designed to communicate the authentic buttery taste of the fake stuff while Mother Nature declares her wrath upon humanity for tricking her, I remember the commercial …
The yellow school bus was packed full of excited 4th graders and a few parents who’d volunteered to help the teachers on this particular sunny spring afternoon. We’d just left the science museum and planetarium in the neighboring town on the annual field trip designed to reinforce the curriculum and provide a change of scenery …
Not so very long ago, there was a cabin nestled in a green valley in the shadow of a blue mountain. Inside, there was a woman sleeping under the beautiful patchwork quilt her grandmother had made. When she awoke, she stood by her bed and stretched widely as her mother had taught her to do …
