It can be a Winter Wonderland right inside of a little box. This is a little tin. It has a clear see-through lid. I sprayed the inside with pretend snow and let it dry. Then, I put little, tiny, peel-off-adhesive magnets on the bottoms of the trees and at …
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS We grown-ups can talk about The Twelve Days of Christmas all we want to. Twelve means absolutely nothing to excited children. Children understand Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning and little else. They are not as silly as we are. We drag things out …
ARE YOU A ROBOT ? My computer asks me that question all of the time. I say “no”. What would happen if I said “yes” ? I could answer the question with a reference to my newest Robot Matching Game. It is already in my suitcase for three …
THE PLAYROOM I have decided to add some posts to my blog that are of the philosophical kind. To date, I have not been particularly inclined to do so but lately my heart has persuaded me that there are some thoughts and observations I simply want to remember. One, is …
Potato Time Grandpa picked up the phone and called around. He wondered if anyone was interested in helping him dig up his potatoes ? He knew that everyone was busy. If they couldn’t come, he would just take his time or try for another day. . . sometime before …
My mother loved costume jewelry. Nothing she had was worth much in dollars, but her earrings have become worth their weight in gold to my granddaughters. That is because they don’t have pierced ears and they love to dress-up. It has only been a week-or-so-ago that I got …
Right in the middle of an otherwise normal day are the magic moments. They are magic because they are unexpected. These moments are the essence of Mortality. This photograph of Maya and her Grandpa turned into one of our most treasured family watercolors. Maya’s mother hangs it in …
MORTALITY is the name of a series of photographs which I am making into books. I am determined that the images I love containing my family will not live and die in my computer. This particular morning was wonderful. It was beautiful and cool. These cousins, Maya and Olive, …
It was an absolutely beautiful day. Olive and Maya found a strange rock in the water. It was crawling with bitsy living bugs. Somehow, in their young imaginations, they decided that the bugs were leaches and that they were going to grab onto them and not let …
Hey kids ! What do you think ? Tucker felt a little shy. Nevertheless, he had a dress-up in mind. Amazing color sense, I would say. Lydia is about to lose her hat after which she will lose her head, her pretty sweater and everything in …
