Swigging hot beverages, the patrons gazed at laptops, typing like mad or just staring in a mesmerized trance. Some chatted in easy camaraderie with smiling friends. Others settled back on the [Read more...]
A steady flow of strangers swept in and out, like a harried trail of ants. We were drowning in the throes of demolition. Our much anticipated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic speedily [Read more...]
We never saw it coming. High marks dominated the website. A plethora of positive comments. They quoted us a reasonable price and assured us they didn’t need to come look first. Congenial and [Read more...]
The Greek wedding movie was cute, but the time with girlfriends was better. There is something about going to a silly movie with friends and relaxing and laughing--not stilted, self conscious [Read more...]
I don't feel very thankful some days. In fact, sometimes when my guard is down and I listen to the little whisper, “This is bad, you need to do something, say something, fix something…" I feel a [Read more...]
He was minding his own business. But whether he just happened to be in town or had come to see the spectacle, we will never know. Trudging his way in from the country, Simon of Cyrene’s day [Read more...]
The shifting sand slows my pace as I veer toward the surfboard stand. The colors beckon, the Dominican sellers flirt and call and cajole. It always makes me smile. The waves whisper my [Read more...]
Her face drew me, Once beautiful, now lined with years of toil. Her eyes were weary with an unmasked sadness that captivated me. Resignation and hopelessness cloaked her every step. As she [Read more...]
Oh but the trees… Our beautiful trees. Full of colorful leaves, wondrous to behold, but lethal to a limb when covered with layer upon layer of ice. Those red and yellow leaves we so loved, [Read more...]
Thankful, Thankful, Thankful I say it over again and again in my head, trying to focus on those words, those blessings. Yet the longer I live, the more pain I see in a fallen world and [Read more...]