In our household, song lyrics go awry. My kids will happily inform you that the correct rendition of the Brady Bunch theme song declares, “the youngest one ate squirrels” (“had […]

It was a sunny afternoon in my backyard. The old man stood at the base of a small hill and looked up the slope to a little stand of trees […]

Fairy tales are a mirror of reality.  The mirror in a novel shows us what is hidden in our own heart. The mirror in a fairy catches something hidden, too. […]

Our family had a rough summer. It began typically enough. The hurried school wrap-up of mid-June ceded to languid, lazy days, replete with swim lessons, books, and sticky watermelon slices […]

Our current home rests in a valley, a green and lush space between two stretching mountain ranges. The peaks rest in the background, shadows against every sunset and sunrise, and […]