Today, Sarah wore a blue hat to school. Usually hats are not allowed there, but today the students could wear them if they donated $1 to the Red Cross. Well, Sarah was all about that. She loves hats. And she loves the Red Cross. …

I love this recipe because it can be on the table in a jiffy (12 1/2 minutes, if you want to be precise) and also because it uses up any bits of leftover cheese or meat you have lurking in the depths of your refrigerator.…

Photographers are famous for loving the golden hour which is a collection of magical moments that visits us mere mortals in all its glory an hour after sunrise and an hour before sunset. The light at those times is often warm, soft, luminous and . . . well . . . golden.…

A couple of weeks ago, I found some money tucked into the back pocket of some jeans I had just bought at a thrift store. Forty-two dollars, to be exact. Not a huge amount of money, I realize, but still a good addition to my weekly budgeted amount of cash. I sat and stared at the money for a while, thinking about all the things…