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On the road again — back July 6!

Back July 6!  My husband and I are taking a road trip through Utah. We're going to Zion National Park, Brice Canyon and eventually we...

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Lagniappe: Bertie's Christmas Eve

"Come, Teddie, it's time you were in your little bed, you know," said Luke Steffink to his thirteen-year-old son.

"That's where we all ought to be," said Mrs. Steffink.

"There wouldn't be room," said Bertie.

The remark was considered to border on the scandalous; everybody ate raisins and almonds with the nervous industry of sheep feeding during threatening weather.
Saki, Bertie's Christmas Eve