Consider the birds.

My new normal includes cloudless skies without the crisscross trails from jets passing overhead. My new normal includes roads without traffic for afternoon walks with my wife. My new normal includes moments to wander around the yard to check up on the spring bulbs as they break through to the spring. And, my new normal […]

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Bear fruit with patience.

Are we there yet? Is it over yet? Are we done yet? – All questions I’ve heard and asked a million times. And this past week, as we set out to cut up and clean up a huge section of our beautiful backyard willow tree that had fallen this winter… I asked it of myself […]

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