Family Reunion
My extended family – parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, first cousins once removed, first cousins twice removed – owns property together. It’s land that my grandparents bought over seventy...
View ArticleMorning Coffee
I’m at our family place with most of my FOO (family of origin). The house is big enough to hold all of us, though the septic tank gets a little cranky if we flush too often or shower too long. It’s...
View ArticleMy sainted grandmother
(Note: I think these next seven days are going to be a bit brutal, and the news and social media will not present our better angels. So for these next seven days, I’ll write posts about something I...
View ArticleGrandma Sweet Love
Sweet Love. How my 13-year-old self rolled my eyes and huffed out a sigh whenever Grandma Merrill would call me that. Now I find myself saying those very words to my daughter. How did I not see how...
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