Image by author Leaves, brown and falling. Temps, cool and sane. Light, shorter now, a harbinger. Blare the trumpets! The season is upon...

Image by author The other day, I came upon three deer — a mom and two fawns. They didn’t move, didn’t budge, since many deer won’t flinch...

Image by author Dear Friends, I submit this image as a celebration of the joyful fact that I gave myself permission to take the week off...

Image by author A few weeks ago, I started my fifth year as neighborhood mailbox jokester. This meant I lugged out my thin-tipped magic...

Image by author After I got a tour of the place where I’d be volunteering for the day, which included a detailed explanation of the...

Image by author I was halfway home from a birthday celebration for my mother when I crested a rise on Interstate 95 and let out a...

Image by author Please forgive me — I’m a cheat. Or I suspect I might be. If so, I want to make amends, and for that, I think I’ll need...

Image by author Time is a funny thing, a wispy current. Or maybe it’s not funny at all, and lands like a rude thud with no regard for our...

Image by author I learned to compare myself to others early on. I was a kid when I compared myself to those who could wake up on a dry...

Image by author I just got home from my first writer’s conference, and I’m exhausted. I’m sitting on the couch with a vicious roar of...

Image by author Let me ask you a question. First, imagine you and I are about to meet in person for the first time. We’ve chosen...

Image by author This past weekend, I attended my first live stand-up comedy show. I’ve always wanted to see one, but I never made the...

Image by author I was on the stairmaster at the gym, and I had two options for entertainment: look out the glass wall in front of me at...

Image by author Happy summer, wonderful readers. I'm proud to say that I've decided to take this week off from my blog. Are you proud of...

Image by author The other week, I got a head. No, not “ahead”. A head . It came in the form of a plastic corrugated sign — a headshot of...

Image by author I’ll never forget the time my youngest son turned to me and said, “Mom, you do you.” Do you have older kids? Teens?...

Image by author I see a landscape before me. There are two hanging ferns swaying slightly from the plant hook. There’s the tree lichen...

Image by author Time:   [whoosh] Life:   Hey, did you just see Time run past here by any chance? Me:   What?? Where am I? Who are you?...

Image by author As one would expect of an avid walker, I was walking the other day. As one wouldn’t  expect, I came across a rather odd...

Image by author I was stunned when the hints and nudges started to come from the back of my mind. “Steph, you’re doing that thing you’ve...