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Tag: Summer

  • Swampland

    The land behind my home growing up was an old building site. It had bad drainage and had been abandoned. It was our playground the place that I return to in my dreams.  Every dark winter the uneven ground would fill up with water, all dank and boggy with brown skeletons of broken reeds and…

  • Participation is the Goal

    I have been spending a big chunk of my summer holding down the metal bench beside our local pool. I have both the kids signed up for lessons with one in the morning and the other in the evening. My oldest has worked her way to highest level. We have gone all the from Catfish…

  • Short Cuts

    The weather recently couldn’t be more lovely, but I think my map app as been plotting against me. First, it was Ivy’s dance class last week. Her final performance was scheduled in another town 30-40 minutes away. With swim class ending at 10 a.m. and a full dress rehearsal starting at noon, I opted for…

  • Keys to Success

    When I was in fourth grade, my family moved into Married Student Housing so my father could go to graduate school. The apartments came with a small shared music practice room that included an old upright piano. One summer, my mom signed me up for lessons at the rec center and I would practice every…

  • Year of Gratitude

    Every November, I am challenged to make a list of things I am thankful for. I decided that despite this difficult year with the pandemic lockdown, wildfire smoke, contentious politics and cancelled events, I could still find at least one thing per month to be grateful for. I dug into my photo archive and I…

  • Pina Colada Cheese Cake

    Cheat on your diet with this yummy island fling. I got the idea from looking at an ad for a similar desert last week.  Over the next few days, I gathered together these ingredients. Pineapple, cream cheese, graham crackers, whipped cream, Coconut flakes, sugar and butter.  I have been shopping lately at Grocery Outlet, so…