Two weeks ago, a friend and writer colleague, Kelsea Habecker, began a winter writing/posting project on Instagram with the hashtag #whatwintergives. Living in the Sonoran Desert, I find that winter gives some rain and relatively cooler temperatures (sometimes even...
Last weekend we were in Boston, attending our granddaughter’s Quinceañera. Henry was the officiant for the religious portion of the ceremony. As I have at other family events, including her parents’ wedding, I took photos of the event. A few days later, I woke early...
Two weeks ago I reflected on twilight. This week I’m going to venture into the dark—but probably not in the way you’re expecting. Tucson, Arizona, where I live, theoretically has the darkest night skies of any city its size in the US. Light-pollution ordinances were...
Henry and I took another summer road trip this year. This journey included a weeklong jaunt across the country, followed by a month in New England and New York. We visited family and friends. We attended a graduation and Henry performed a baptism. We explored more...
Last week we went to San Francisco for some vacation. Henry’s parents used to live in the Bay Area and he took his kids there frequently for vacation, long before he and I met and married. He hadn’t been back there for a while and felt ready to run the risk of...