Dear Santa (2020)

What a year, eh? It’s been crazy, but I’m still blessed and thankful, content without another thing. If I don’t try to make a list, though…you know the rest…so here goes. I’m postponing my birthday this year. The 23rd is my host’s 90th birthday, and we’re going to celebrate as big as 2020 and stroke …

Dear WP^2 – Rhythm Returns

When you look at your quilt, here’s something I’d like you to remember… Rhythm Returns.

Teaching Love

How do you teach your baby to live in this (or any) society? You teach him that there are many different cultures, and being in America gives him a unique opportunity to taste them all.

Precedents are Powerful Things

There’s a darling children’s book called “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” In it, there’s a cute exploration of how that mouse will continue asking for things that go along with cookies and would be oh-so-reasonable to provide…or unreasonable to deny him. After all, what good’s a cookie without a glass of milk? I’ve …

Coping, by God’s Grace

How do you honestly answer the polite “How are you?” from strangers?