I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be kings, a thicket of brambles can hide a castle where a royal court has lain asleep for a hundred years, a boy can outwit a giant, and a girl can break…
August 6: Mouse snuggles – happiness
Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. James Herriot There is nothing cozier that a cat cuddle…they know just how to get comfortable, and share some of that comfort with you…on their terms of course. Every now and again we send good night snaps to Caitzi of her kitty – I asked her to smile for me,…
August 5: Californian sunsets
In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach. Ashley Greene How cool is social media these days….I stole this pic from Cait’s story a little while ago. Mike is on a business trip, so they met up for a quick supper near the beach, and a pretty sunset to…
August 4: From antiques to flooded rivers
When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. Steve Rushin This was a fun little outing for a Saturday morning. Since we have limited time together as we know it, with a move and new college life ahead of us, Nic and I have been planning to tick…
August 2: Military Park, Newark…by accident
The best ideas come out of getting lost. Cornelia Parker Part two of my adventures home yesterday…so after I passed the bronze statues, and jumped on the train I thought was taking me to the right station, I quickly realized I was heading straight to NYC….in the opposite direction from where I wanted to go.…