Like many smaller markets during the pandemic, the idyllic farming town where Mom and Dad lived ran short of toilet paper. I remember Mom complaining about it, but making do with facial tissues instead. Dad was never one to do the shopping, so this mini-crisis fell on... Read More

She was the first person we met when we moved to town.

Our carefully-selected nonfamily babysitter, the only person we trusted with our precious firstborn.

She gifted us homemade appl... Read More

Every year when temperatures pass the mid-8os, I remember.

My childhood summers always involved long days spent with my younger brother, and boredom-born adventures we dreamed up for ourselves. Sometimes it was a simple game of Th... Read More