good AFTERnoon!!

We started a new tradition this year!! On Monday and Wednesday nights we’re pretending the weather is ferociously cold, getting a small treat, and listening to Tim Curry read “A Christmas Carol” in his signature ominous tones. It’s a delight. The girls were giggling uncontrollably over Scrooge dismissing his nephew by repeatedly saying “good afternoon” […]

Willa the Red-nosed Reindeer

Twas the day after Thanksgiving and all through our house, lots of creatures were stirring… most especially this Willa the Wisp!! Never one to let a day go by without entertaining us, she added just that perfect dose of whimsy into our traditional Christmas decorating day. It started a bit bumpy the night before with […]

Celebrating life

As I touched on in the last post, Willa is struggling. The year and its sorrows have caught up with her and she’s weighed down by them daily. Her nights vacillate between the normal conspiratorial giggles and whispers with sisters, and crying herself to sleep over all the things she’s lost. Fortunately her delightful sisters […]

That virtual life

2020 has revolutionized the way we interact with one another, both personally and professionally. Some of these changes have even found their way into our lives through midnight Zoom meetings for Brian while he interacts with people in a myriad of time zones. Before 2020 this would be unthinkable. Now? Monthly. This fallout of the […]

The Bowwow Doghouse Hotel

According to Ray and Willa the name of our property has changed from “The Boathouse” to “The Bowwow Doghouse Hotel.” It’s a mouthful, but not inaccurate right now. We have two dogs on our property that belong to other teams. Caring for other people’s pets is part of life on the field for us, most […]