“I need a lucky break!” I scream to all of West Fulton generally, but to my friend Corny specifically. She’s driving by as I exit the post office. I turn to study the door behind me, making sure it closes properly. As the cold weather sets in, something funky happens with that door and it […]
Enterprising Missionaries, Introverted Farmers
We saw the Book of Mormon at Proctors Theater in Schenectady this past weekend. It brought back lots of memories, and I just had to re-run this post in tribute…. When a couple of Mormon missionaries were going door to door, they didn’t expect to confront an angry famer with a shovel. But when they […]
The Unattainable
Some things seem beyond reach… But only because we’ve forgotten how to stretch ourselves. My friend Nancy and I have brought Saoirse and Ula to a nearby art museum for an exhibit of Maxfield Parrish’s paintings. Saoirse is wandering the gallery with a notebook, gazing at the pictures and writing down story ideas. Ula […]