LUCY'S ARC De TRIOMPHE

LUCY'S ARCH PROJECT FOR SCHOOL

TRAVELING COMPANIONS

Sarah and I are making our way home together. She's a terrific traveling companion. We started out on our shared journey nearly 19 years ago as a nation of two, but our party has swelled over the years and now we number seven. She serves and surprises our group of raucous pilgrims in ways essential and pleasant, and she loves us best because she loves God most.

Last night as I put Charlie to bed he began to cry a little because he wanted Mom and not me. This is how it always goes once the lights are turned out. He told me that Mom was his favorite, and I whispered back that she was my favorite too. For a long time we lay in the dark listing things we like about Sarah and neither of us felt betrayed that the other preferred her more.

ARCHED PLANTERS

 I am behind a bit in my ten year plan to complete the rock wall maze garden in an empty lot next to our house. Although I did  not make the kind of progress I had hoped this summer I did complete these two arched planters in a new section.

FORGOTTEN POTATOES

 This is what happens when you store some potatoes in a box in a dark corner of your basement and then forget about them for an entire year.