My parents brought me here and then I brought them here. The park has changed a little bit but everything else is basically just the same as it was when I was nine, or when they were nine. Asking for quarters for the telescopes on the pier and parents saying no. Looking into the […]
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SUNDAY AT DUSK
Sunday night. I clean up the house. Husband got back from the grocery store and kids put the food away. Dinner was eaten. Everyone else, now upstairs to relax and take showers. Time to prepare for Monday. I hear them upstairs. Water turns on, drawers open and shut, someone is typing on a keyboard, someone […]
STORIES & PHOTOS FROM A ROAD TRIP TO BIG SUR
It’s November and my husband and I are talking about what to do over Christmas break. It will be our first one with Mckenna living outside the house, meaning we have a chunk of time off school and work, and a new level of freedom. I want to go somewhere. My eyes flash heart […]