Shotsnaps

"Why are we clapping?" she asked, confused, as we all sat together clapping and clapping, while our lips twisted to hold back t...

Andy and Wendy gave so many of their belongings away, including much that could have brought them cash in return, and buckets of it fell on ...

And after that he felt much better. I've said it before (Titi!), but there's no harm in saying it again: It pays to have craf...

Debbie kindly obliged me when I asked her to make Zeke smile. What a glorious chin grin my boy's got!

in evening light.

This is my lovely daughter Mildred eating a lollipop on the steps. She turns ten in August.  Ulp. This is my daughter Mi...

Homeschoolers no more!  My brother will count his own children among his students this fall, so my sister-in-law had a culminating bonfire. ...

I've read about them before.  Immediately after my brother and his family drove off, this narrow strip of clouds rolled in to distract...

...to the person who provides the best explanation/caption for this picture. (Don't you like these willy-nilly promises of meaningless ...

Ten points to the first person who can identify this bug without having to look it up in the field guide like I did. Apparently, they'...