The Third Half Of Life

This past August, I met a young man who truly understood that gratitude is an attitude.  I was volunteering at a camp for at risk kids, many...

"Everything has to come to an end, sometime"     L. Frank Baum The transition from summer to fall is typically gradual on t...

Labor Day weekend has always been like a bridge to me.  It no longer feels like summer but fall is still a few weeks off.

A tomato in the hand is worth two on the vine To be a gardener, one must be a bit of an optimist.  If it were not for the drea...

My original plan for yesterday was to finish painting the front porch.  Upon heading outside just before sunrise, I discovered we had r...

" Now this is not the end.  It is not even the begining of the end.  But it is, perhaps, the end of the begining."  Winston C...

Early morning clam diggers It was a cool clear morning when I arrived at the beach for an early morning hike through the dunes.  I ...