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It Doesn’t Come Easy
My son and his wife own a beautiful winery in south central Pennsylvania. After working in a winery just outside Austin, Texas, for nine years, they had their dream of owning their own winery come true. In a small town in Mifflinberg, Pennsylvania, they opened Union Cellars at the beginning of Covid–the timing wasn’t something…
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Don’t I Look Good?
“Wow, my hair looks awesome!” Beck woke up with a case of serious bed-head, and rather than whine about his hair not staying down, he saw the wonder in his hair sticking up. All over his head. I love it when kids don’t have the world-weary attitude of adults when things don’t look right, act…
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It’s Too Soon!
I was running errands with my daughter, and four-year-old Nolan was tagging along. Not by desire, but by necessity. In one store, there was a plethora of Halloween costumes and decorations, situated next to early Christmas knick-knacks. It was quite surreal; it has still been in the 90s here, and hurricane season is now in…
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Free To Voice An Opinion
One of the freedoms we have had in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to our Constitution: the right to freedom of speech. It gives us a chance to disagree with one another and still maintain relationships. However, with our country in such a divisive state, people’s freedom of speech has too…
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He Fights Back
They believe him to be a teenager; he’s not quite heavy enough to force the trap. He is, however, clever enough to get the food that’s inside it. He’s a rat. A teenage rat. Slinky (my name for him) can scrunch his rather large body into such a compact size that he can worm his…
Tip of My Iceberg 