Out walking this morning, Rascal and I found ourselves for a while behind a dad with two young daughters, one daughter on each side. Suddenly, Dad started to run. Not very fast. The girls hustled to catch up. Then they started to giggle. Daddy had turned around and started skipping. They skipped, too. “What… Continue reading Little Tender Moments
Month: December 2021
Skating Ice
Ice
Skating
Niceness Awards
Our friend Don coaches the Ann Arbor Masters swim team. He has since 1984. The team practices five days a week at oh-dark-thirty. And although I never witnessed this myself, when I was at the pool for my group of swimmers–who met after the Masters at the relatively civilized hour of seven a.m.–it’s possible that… Continue reading Niceness Awards
Putting Puzzles Together
Our friend Don is hard at work on our remodeling project. Thank goodness he knows how to put houses together. Now that he’s taken our family room down to the studs and started putting it back together again, I had no real concept of all the pieces a house has. And how many new pieces… Continue reading Putting Puzzles Together
Guarding the Citadel
Guarding the citadel against all comers is a responsibility our animal companions take very much to heart. My friend, Marcia, can attest to this. She had a Rottweiler as head of security some years ago, when she found a kitten in the street during a downpour. The kitten ended up with Marcia and family, and… Continue reading Guarding the Citadel