July 26, 2026

  • One Month Behind the Puddle

    On June 30, I shared the first Puddle Story on Facebook. At the time, I thought I was simply introducing a little neighborhood puddle behind our home. I didn’t realize it would begin introducing me to myself. Over the past month we’ve met a lone goose, Pinecone, Shelly, Stella and Stanley, Purple Martins, baby mallards,… Continue reading

  • Finding Higher Ground

    There comes a point in every season when the little ones stop hiding quite so much. They haven’t left home, and they aren’t fully independent, but they begin to trust the world enough to step into the open. This morning, the highest point in the puddle wasn’t much, a weathered log barely rising above the… Continue reading