“Do you know what today is?” My Granddaddy leaned back in his chair and regarded me through partially closed eyes.
August 18th—what Civil War battle took place on that date? My mind roved frantically through a jumble of generals and statistics field maneuvers that he was always parceling out to me like choice sweets. But my […]
for Dave–Nulla dies sine linea
Those who know me best would never label me a ‘big camper’—that is, until the Airstream came along.
I was driving home from my book club one afternoon, navigating the rush hour traffic, when something along the roadside caught my eye. I smiled and progressed to the next […]
It was the first fair afternoon in days and Elsa McFarren looked out upon her valley with loving satisfaction. Quiet had closed in once more in the wake of departing vacationers. All week they had sped up and down her narrow lane, bound for St. Andrews each morning, returning each night to the […]
It was our last Big Adventure as a family, though we didn’t know it at the time. Perhaps only Mama had some premonition of the changes that lay in wait for us upon our return from the trip to Boston, Bar Harbor and Prince Edward Island. Of course, she couldn’t have forseen that I would […]