The fair always has certain scents associated with it. The scent of onion rings and hot dogs. The scent of sugar and cinnamon from the elephant ears. The lingering sweetness has already caused people to line up at the booth…

Sunny The late afternoon sun spreads across the front yard grass as the last day of summer is beginning to close for the year, and a hint of fall hangs in the air. Another day in Lucky River is ending,…

Melody Jonas and I are getting ready to take our family to an amateur racing event that Lucky River put on to raise money to help Butterfly Buck with home improvements. He was a key player in bringing the two…

Ginger Our luggage is haphazardly stacked in the living room between the sofa and the tall Christmas tree. We haven’t been home from Montana but a few hours. Every year since we married, we’ve traveled back to see Mary and…

Raven “Are they going to be okay?” I can’t help looking over my shoulder through the back windshield. Our four-year-old daughter Marianna and our seven-year-old son Kaden are waving goodbye enthusiastically. Marshall’s brother Jonas and my friend Melody, who’ll be…