Tag: Tip of My Iceberg
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Wilderness Wonder

In southeastern Utah, an area of unique beauty features an extraordinary red-rock desert landscape that looks like a movie set. With its close proximity to Arches National Park, Moab is an adventurer’s dream. It was the perfect playground for Beck and his family. Our Colorado kin value the diversity of environments that surround them, so…
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Cuddle Close

As a baby, Kolly wasn’t the coziest of babies. Snuggling wasn’t something she enjoyed for any extended time, as opposed to her little sister, who is a true cuddle bug. Kolly was at our home with her mom and little sister when we had our garage cleaned out. We’re not hoarders, but you’d never have…
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Sweet!

At ten years of age, she fascinates the guys in her class. For the Holiday of Hearts, she crafted her Valentine’s box in the shape of R2D2 from Star Wars. Nothing fru-fru, not lacy and girly like many young women her age would choose to do, but something technical, robotic, and different. To say the…
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Too Together?

The recent SuperBowl was rather boring. We had our family over for dinner and the game, but by the end of halftime, everyone had about given up on it. The two youngest, who were not watching the game, were finding other ways to entertain themselves. It was genuinely more fun watching their escapades than the…
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Phoniness Falls Flat

The cold snap continues. Our plants are suffering; they have no capacity for freezing temperatures. I’ve tried covering them to little or no avail–the wind has picked up and blows all the covering cloths around the yard. People are better able to care for themselves in frigid temperatures. Down the street from us, our daughter…