by mary1988 | Jan 1, 2024 | 2024
On a bench shielded from the afternoon sun by seven cottonwood trees, Mother and I watched the parade of boats, birds and people alongside Lake Macatawa for years. The only bench on the south side of the lake offering such protection from the afternoon sun, it was a...
by mary1988 | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023
Fifteen years ago, I hiked the state and national parks from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I remember my delight at discovering this place of tranquility in Ludington State Park. I don’t remember sitting on the bench. I was younger...
by mary1988 | Dec 11, 2023 | 2023
It was Mother who suggested photographing her standing next to the saguaros while hiking the trails in the Rincon Mountains. Who would believe they can grow so tall?! Be so majestic? For the twenty-plus years Mother lived in Arizona, she introduced her many...
by mary1988 | Dec 11, 2023 | 2023
Sharing Multiplies the Joy Nearing the end of my summer morning walk along the shores of Little Traverse Bay, I came upon an SUV parked along the narrow road. One woman carefully picked her way along the narrow rocky beach. Another, leaning forward in what we have...
by mary1988 | Nov 27, 2023 | 2023
In the autumn of 2012, I lost my dad, Rubin’s dad, and Lady, my parents’ dog and my best dog-friend ever. For the next two years, while mother remained in Arizona, I spent many months with her, often accompanied by Rubin. For over twenty years I had visited my...
