Each year, I feel utterly inadequate to Memorial Day. I feel that there is no way I can remember or honor the day in any way that is sufficient. I worry about this. I was thinking about it while Pepper…
Katie and Kevin Crumbo give marriage a good name. Seriously – are they ever sharp with each other? I’m trying to figure out their secret. Maybe it’s Katie’s unflagging good cheer. Or Kevin’s kindness and patience. Her cute laugh? His warm smile?…
Maybe you’ve already got one – a book that takes you to a quiet place no matter what’s going on around you. If not, try Jim the Boy, by Tony Earley. A friend recently put this novel, published fifteen years ago,…
Dear Pepper is growing up, which hurts my heart and makes me glad at the same time. She doesn’t need me quite as much as she used to. She’ll sniff around the yard now without her favorite friend right by her…
Timiny Braemer strikes me as fearless. Friendly? Yes. Kind? Yes. Also fearless. “No question!” laughs her buddy, Daphne Butler. “And she is so darn capable. If she wanted to, Timiny could run a Fortune 500 company, hike the Matterhorn with…