Making friends Today was Dog Day Saturday. We’re pretty excited that this is finally happening in Grand Rapids, after two long years of petitions, city commission meetings and planning with the parks department. Even though Pete’s unsociable behavior makes him canine non grata, Scott has taken part in the committee […]

Hay awaiting the hayriders A half hour was all I could stand. I abhor conflict (even though I can be amazingly argumentative about some things) — no matter the topic or the participants. I also really, really, really don’t like our current prez all that much. So I have a […]

These crazy little boys are throwing cheeseballs to the geese. Cheeseballs! Anyone who’s met my husband has at least sampled his humor. His goal is to be funny 24 hours a day. Yet some of his funniness is funnier than others. Then there’s this little gem from yesterday: “Let’s head […]

Field at Russell Road Sometimes Grand Rapids redeems itself slightly. I thought this to myself as we pedaled along the White Pine Trail this morning. I’ve always heard about the trail, but we hadn’t yet checked it out. So we loaded up the bikes and drove on up to Belmont. […]

View from the beach: Muskegon It started out innocently enough. Jasmine was riding her bike along the sidewalk in front of our house. She’s eight and lives next door with her parents and sister, at her grandmother’s house. She and her four-year-old sister, Madivelle, are cute, sweet kids. As she […]

A sad little leaf floating in our Red Lion collector’s glass As I was letting the dogs out this afternoon, I was surprised by the scene on our deck. Newspapers were scattered about — both on the table and the deck itself. Then I noticed two glasses, each half full […]

Metal star hanging from our front doorknob Sometimes, well many times really, I just can’t stand to read about or listen to what’s going on in the world. Not because I don’t care. But because I care so much and feel so damn helpless. And it just keeps going on […]

A muskmelon that I harvested from the garden yesterday I’m a loose cannon sometimes. Like when I drive up to a carwash that I’ve used before and everything’s completely different. We motored up to the keypad and input the number on our receipt. No problem. Worked just the same as […]

Late-summer color I officially launched this redesigned site one year ago today. Jeesh…time sure goes by fast! The old site was Blogger-driven from March 2000 to February 2003. I never did catch on to archiving with that app, though, and end of month became a pain. Plus, the look of […]

No, not beer…rootbeer

This would be a picture of Keb’ Mo’ except that they didn’t allow photography at last night’s concert When I was in college, I dated a guy who was a former (and soon to be again) member of a local Michigan band called The Huntunes. They were high-school friends who […]

Red sky at night In the midst of conversation, I looked over my husband’s shoulder and out the kitchen window to see an eerie red color lighting up the deck. What would formerly have been just “cool” was now cause for me to go running for my camera. A storm […]