Unicorn Smile

‘Transformation.’ Posted by permission from The Girl herself. Photographs of the Girl with a natural smile are as rare as…

Morchella Madness

One Saturday morning last May the Husband abruptly cut the engine on the riding lawn mower and declared he…

Into the Woods

Sunday Hike, Part 2 By nine o’clock Sunday morning the outdoor thermometer was cresting the seventy degree mark.  A…

Bread

It’s no secret: I’m seeking pathways out of the mess that is the typical American diet. In November I…

Away in a Manger

The year my daughter turned four we were given an outlandish, culturally inaccurate, porcelain nativity set. In my preschooler’s…

Winter Solstice

Holden Observatory, Syracuse University, Winter Solstice 2011  Happy Winter Solstice. Today the axial tilt of Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is…