Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. -Helen Keller It was time for our morning walk, and four-year-old Ezra was dragging. “Wait up,” he called as I strode a few steps ahead of him, toting his little brother. “Why are you walking so fast?” he moaned a…
The supermarket near my house has five self check-out stations. Often one or two is down, and sometimes, you have to jab at the buttons on the screen multiple times to get your choices to register. Regardless, a line for the automated cashiers usually snakes around the tabloids. When I go to this supermarket, I…
Months ago, as we watched our kids ride bikes, scooters, and tricycles back and forth in front of our houses, my next-door neighbor told me about a social networking site called i-Neighbors. I filed it away in my disorderly mental index of things I may someday investigate. I finally remembered to look at it recently,…