Once upon a summer a group of teen-aged boys decided to construct a raft. Of course they could have gone out and bought one, but they thought creating it themselves would be more fun. And because they were so excited…

                                Anyone who has seen my mother's garden knows there aren't any flower beds. Instead she has a million plants potted in wild-off-the-wall-country-scrap-containers. So when my mother said she wanted a rusty old bed for her garden, I assumed she was going…

                      Behind my childhood home runs a canal. In the distance the smallest, largest mountain range appears surrounded by farmland and old roads. Since the part of California were I grew up has hot summers- most living things that do…

                        This is their first day of summer, or better known as the first day of summer vacation. Sacha and his four cousins (two are not mention on the list above) are between 13 and 16 years of age. As…

Strangely wonderful. That is what it felt like to see Sacha after nearly four months of separation. He seemed taller, more grown up, I could see my father's eyes in his…. more than anything I found a young man in…

                        Sacha's long awaited return to a world that has been turned around. I hope you find it as magical as it was, even though a familiar part is missing. We await the wonder you bring and to see your discovery of a…