TODAY MY STORY, DUNBAR HOLLOW, THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE IN 2013 IS FEATURED TODAY ON THE SHORT MYSTERY STORIES BLOG SPOT. HERE IS A LINK: http://kingsriverlife.com/10/30/dunbar-hollow-a-true-scary-story-for-halloween/
Category: boys
A WALK TO ALFAMA AND FADO IN THE EVENING
Our first full day in Lisbon started out with a brilliant sunny morning. This Portuguese city is known as the city of seven hills and we were staying on the seventh hill. We were going to explore the Alfama area…
WALKING THE DOG AND WAITING FOR A BABY
The other day I visited with my daughter and grandson in Brooklyn. I planned to accompany them while they walked the dog, Latch. He’s a strong, friendly dog with one floppy ear. My daughter is expecting a baby any day now…
PLAYING SOCCER ON PIER 5
Last weekend we traveled to Brooklyn’s Pier 5 to watch our grandson play soccer. It was a wonderfully bright, late Saturday afternoon with a bite in the air that lets you know summer is over and that fall is here.…
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT A LABOR DAY POW WOW
It’s the Labor Day weekend. I like to attend a Pow Wow on the Shinnecock Reservation on Long Island on one of these weekend days. I posted a blog last summer that included some photos from the Pow Wow in 2013, but…
SMALL REMEMBRANCES
With the start of every new year there’s a persistent niggling in the back of my brain about how to get organized. I’m not a disorganized person, quite the contrary, I know where I’ve tucked away everything that I own.…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Well, it’s that time of year again when the goblins and little beggars claw their way out of the woodwork and demand sweets. This is a photo I took many, many years ago of my son and his best friend…
DEVON AND THE DRAGONFLY
For the last couple of weeks, on Tuesdays, I’ve been picking up Devon after school. What a treat for a grandma!! We have a routine jig-jagging through the streets of Manhattan heading for the Barnes and Noble bookstore where about…
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A LIFETIME MAKES
I know that life is made of individual seconds that add up to a lifetime. But every once and a while I turn around and discover that the years have passed far too quickly. Occupied with the day-to-day ‘stuff’ like…