It was a week ago Tuesday that our latest winter storm slipped in from the Great Lakes. In general, the weather was quite calm and I wistfully...
Sunlight has broken through the clouds — and I mean that literally. In the hours before my writing of this column, dark clouds overshadowed the sun...
About a half-mile from my apartment, there’s a large ball field circumvented by a walking path. A split rail fence separates the recreational space...
It’s hard to find beauty right now. Outside, patches of slush cover dead glass. The air is raw and the pavement is slick with rain. Inside feels...
It was a school day, but because of the pandemic I was working from home. The house was quiet and other than the subtle sound of my pencil...
In winter, tree branches that so recently held leaves up against the wind and sky are revealed in sharp relief against the gray clouds. We see not...
Today, I stepped out my backdoor, away from the steady barrage of disturbing images that has invaded my screen and mind in recent days, to sit on...
Almost everyone has a routine that they follow on a daily basis. Wake up, see to needed ablutions, get something to eat and then … well, you get...