Big Splash Driving past a public pool this week, I was struck by how deserted and lifeless it looked compared to 3-4 weeks ago. Yes,

Wristbands Our neighborhood of 17+ years often brings a big smile to my face! We're truly blessed by the wide range of ages, interests, backgrounds, vocations, and family life

Tomato It's taken a while, but our big tomato plants are finally delivering fruit at a good pace!  We've already had to get

Driving We've done quite a bit of driving together recently.  Fun outings and day trips around Wisconsin and northern Illinois and a long-distance visit to

Flat Tire As the Zoom meeting I was hosting began, Laura's deeply distressed face appeared from behind a wall into my field of

Surgery Two years ago today, during early Covid, I was wheeled into an operating room for very unexpected colon cancer surgery.  I'd had no symptoms and

Motel 6 We pulled the family minivan under the Motel 6 carport.  It was still daylight, so they hadn't "left the light on for

Water We had a wet Fourth of July around here...  You remember!  Mostly overcast till about 2pm, then steady rain for a few hours followed by storms that

Mind Garden At the beginning of garden planting season this year, I had to first dig up and get rid of a plant I'd welcomed into the