Dawn Potter

Little Chuck had his first Bad Day yesterday. He got too excited about a fly and broke a flowerpot in the bathroom while I was teaching, the...

The big news around here is that Little Chuck's gut is showing signs of improvement. I can't help but think of the scene, late in Wa...

 Little Chuck loves to sit on my hands as I type this note to you. After a night of sleeping, he is ready for pal time, and climbs aboard en...

Last night, at the ballgame, the temperature finally settled into something like sweetness, but this morning the air is sticky and dense and...

I opened the windows this morning, though I will likely have to close them again before long. Still, it is a relief, even if fleeting, to li...

The weather has returned to torrid. The thermometer hit 90 yesterday and will likely do the same today; maybe tomorrow as well. Fortunately ...

Last night, as I was texting with various of my young people, I was thinking, What larks!--a catchphrase from Dickens's  Great Expectati...