Happy Labor Day! Wherever you are and whatever your plans, my hope is that you have a happy, safe day. If you are not in the Bahamas, be grateful for that, but, please, spare some thoughts, hopes, and prayers for the people there. They are going through devastation. I was watching a YouTube broadcast […]
Aug 31, 2019
Catching Up With Two Sleuths
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An Interview with Darcy and Flora Roving Reporter: Thank you, Darcy and Flora, for taking time out of your busy day to talk to me about your first venture into a life-threatening situation. I’m happy you came through in one piece. Flora: We almost didn’t come through in one piece. You should have seen […]
Aug 26, 2019
What Is That Sound?
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(Minnesota lake photo by Missy Day Albrecht) On the north side of my house is a happy tangle of ferns, hostas, violets and lily-of-the-valley. I call this my woods garden. For one thing, it grows without much help from me. For another, this pretty group of flowers remind me of taking a walk through […]
Aug 25, 2019
Dream Your Troubles Away
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We all have a dream–something that puts a spring in our steps and a gleam in our eyes. Dreams are those wonderful things as filmy as a spider’s web, as substantial as moonbeams, somewhere ahead of us, calling to us to follow, to pursue, to hope, to reach. We can spin dreams of the […]
Aug 17, 2019
Cut It Out!
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“Cut it out!” I used to hear this phrase a lot; not so much nowadays. It just means, “Stop that.” Stop doing or saying whatever. It’s a useful phrase, a word picture of taking a pair of scissors and snipping off something, or using a black marker and rubbing it out. The thing of it […]
