Candles, Cake, and Links

Today I turn one year older. But luckily, as my daughter told me, I don’t look any bigger. Not for a lack of trying, mind you. I spent last night at a wedding reception filling my belly with desserts and this morning nibbling on a cinnamon bun baked for royalty. “Looking bigger” is only a …

Writer on Hiatus (Or, Intermission)

You won’t find me here for the next few days. It’s that time in the season, when we pack the car to the hilt, leave behind the bustling city, and head north, where pine trees line a two-lane highway and dirt roads lead to a small, spring-fed lake. Right now, I might be sitting on …