Painfully Hopeful

Unpacking High Reception

I actually wanted to have the party descend into Woodhall Grove last week, but they had other ideas. Now that we’ve finally arrived, let’s unpack. Walter’s Apologies Walter has been feeling a great deal of stress about his sudden return to Valley politics. His outburst, however, embarrassed him greatly — which led him to apologize….

Fiction Tuesday (On Wednesday) – High Reception

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link Quieted by Walter’s frustration, the group continued down the empty road in silence for nearly an hour. Jeremy noticed their path began to follow an incline, and turned toward a…

Between Light and Dark

Note: Due to a bit of a schedule shift I’ll be posting my Fiction Tuesday tomorrow. Catch up with Jeremy and company tomorrow. Last week, when a front of thunderstorms approached us in a line which ran parallel to the Delaware, I couldn’t help but run down to the river to take some pictures. While…

Back to the Wizarding World

For the last seven years or so, my Summer “just for fun” read-through has been the Harry Potter series. Yes, it’s children’s fiction. Yes, most of the themes which appear in Harry Potter are dealt with more deeply in the Middle Earth books. But Harry Potter is fun, and for a Summer read-through that’s what…

Rainbow

Yesterday a rather interesting. Early weather reports called for major thunderstorms to move in over the course of the afternoon, which would have rained out my normal Saturday pool hours 1. So I drug my son out of bed, picked up two of his friends, and decided to hit the pool as it opened. The…

Soul of an artist

The other night I knocked on my daughter’s door to say good night. When I was granted permission to enter 1 I noticed she was setting up her easel. “Whatcha doing?” I asked. “Stuff,” was all she replied 2. I shrugged, smiled, and said good night. The next morning I poked my head in to…