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Silent Night

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The night before I left my brother’s apartment in Columbus, I was packing my bags. “Are you going to carry those out to the car tonight?” Hank asked. I sat back on my heels and… Silent Night

551 Happy Spots

Numbered lists are ubiquitous. From the best-selling book, Fifty Shades of  Grey, to Martha Stewart’s “11 Whoopie Pies,” everything published these days is counted, quantified, and numbered. As always, I have waited to jump on… 551 Happy Spots

Come Monday

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On a Monday morning, a couple of weeks ago, there was a knock on our hull. “Yo, Flutterby!” called a voice, causing us to pop out the companionway in surprise. Nobody knocks on Flutterby’s hull… Come Monday

Kolumbus Kosmic Krismas Sillyness

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Wish you could be here to spend Christmas with our nutty nephews. In the meantime, enjoy these photos — they should give you a great belly laugh! (click to enlarge each photo)

To touch the sky

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I’ve just spent almost 3 weeks with my Dad in Florida. I’ve been wanting to write about him all this time, but what to say? Should I tell you about the books by Henry H.… To touch the sky

Along came a Froggie

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As froggies go, he wasn’t very big. He was about an inch long, smaller than all but the tiniest plastic ones in the toy store. He wasn’t plastic, though. He was real. The day we… Along came a Froggie