Sassafras Mama

I am confident that the squirrels who live in my backyard get into my garden and help themselves to the fruit on my trees.  Despite this, I...

It’s been more than a week since Donald Trump won the Electoral College and became the president-elect.  I wake up every morning and my fir...

In preparation for a post-election essay celebrating the outcome, I had collected an assortment of unflattering snippets and thoughts about...

Like everyone I know, the events of election day have found me stunned and upset.  I’d say that I’m angry, but that emotion doesn’t really ...

I’ve repeated this story so many times before, that you’d think I could let it go, but I have waited a long time for this day and I am so e...

Today, I turn 49 years old.  My last two weeks of feeling like death on a cracker make a birthday seem especially sweet.  In the past year,...

I love Halloween and the ways in which this evening feels magical as the light fades and children crunch through the leafy sidewalks dresse...

Last week, I was down-for-the-count with the flu. Because I work in a school, I always get a flu shot and I’d already had mine this year wh...

Fall leaves continue to linger and my dogwood hasn’t yet finished its seasonal change. The leaves that remain are all a lovely shad...

The beauty of my once-a-month photo project is that by the time it comes to a close, the last picture of the year looks a great deal like t...