by kelly | Jul 30, 2022 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats
We knew we were on borrowed time. There’s an unwritten agreement when you take a dog into your home, someday they will break your heart. If you’re lucky, like we were, you’ll get almost 14 years of joy as part of the deal. Chipper was two when we adopted him. I was...
by kelly | Jul 16, 2022 | Daily Courier, Everything Else, Nostalgia
The opening scene of the 1997 movie “Contact” popped in my head while clicking through the imagery sent back from the James Webb Space Telescope this week. If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s worth looking up the three-minute opening scene on the Internet. Starting...
by kelly | Jul 2, 2022 | Daily Courier, Family
It’s been five years since I grasped the metal handrails at Mather Point and stared at the vast canyon rippling out across the horizon. The first years we lived here, we were amateur tour guides to friends checking out our new home in Arizona and wanting to see the...