Shining Moments

The plant looked almost dead when I brought it home a few years ago. But I just couldn’t bring myself to throw it away. No, it had been the plant my mother had gotten from friends when her mother (my grandmother) had died. It had been part of my growing up as we moved...

Shining Moments

There has been one place that continues to give me thousands of shining moments   throughout the 30 some years I have lived here in Culpeper,VA. Knakal’s Bakery. We have enjoyed their special cakes     at birthdays       for adoption parties          and ‘just...

Shining Moments

I can’t imagine my life without her. For 13 years now she has been with me. No, I’m not talking about my girls….my black lab, Savanna Molly Star Brani. I got her when she was about 1 and brought her home for a trial visit. At that time my oldest was 5 and I needed a...

Shining Moments

I thought I would die from the heat. Really. One summer we stayed at Hampton Beach,Mass.I can still see the small cottage where we all squeezed in. Walking distance from the beach. Yeah! But what I though would be marvelous time turned sour. High temperatures day...

Shining Moments

It’s the first day of summer. And my mind wanders back         Way back to summers of long ago.  Lemonade stands        long afternoons at the pool                and flavored ice cubes. My favorite were the grape flavored ice cubes. Oh they were sooo good. On a...