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  • The Lamp on the Steps
    Bedtime Stories | Family

    The Lamp on the Steps

    ByTidbits and Whatnots January 26, 2026February 14, 2026

    Rowan couldn’t sleep. He rested his chin on his hand and looked out the window at the lamp by the sidewalk. Its light spilled onto the steps and the path. Everything else was quiet. The lamp stayed on, watching the house like a soldier.

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  • a cream background for a book cover with a big, shiny Orange Button title at the top and an illustrated realistic orange button in the center with a twine tied in it and trailing around it.
    Bedtime Stories | Family

    The Big, Shiny, Orange Button

    ByTidbits and Whatnots January 19, 2026February 14, 2026

    Not all treasures sparkle. Some rattle softly in old tins, waiting patiently to be chosen, and know exactly where they belong. A bedtime story about a blanket, a button, and family connections.

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  • stacks of pancakes and chocolate cake on glass pedestals. Doughnuts,cookies and brownies spread around the table that Is in morning lights.
    Commentary | Sunday Shorts

    If Muffins Are Allowed, Why Not Cupcakes for Breakfast?

    ByTidbits and Whatnots January 18, 2026January 17, 2026

    A look at the unwritten rules of breakfast and why some sugary foods are acceptable in the morning while others are not.

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  • Penelope sits on her bed playing with the sound and powers of the letter p. In her had is a lit up P and things circling it that start with the letter P.
    Bedtime Stories

    The Tale of Penelope and Her Poppin’ P’s

    ByTidbits and Whatnots September 22, 2025January 27, 2026

    Penelope couldn’t get enough of the letter P — but her peculiar passion left her classmates dazed, her teacher puzzled, and her parents in on a secret.

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  • close up picture of the white laces on a football in dramatic lighting.
    Commentary

    What Football Still Teaches Us

    ByTidbits and Whatnots September 22, 2025September 24, 2025

    Football is pure rivalry, all passion and noise. But when the game ends, something else takes over — a code that belongs far beyond the field.

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  • What is Your Favorite Word
    Commentary | Whatnots

    What is Your Favorite Word

    ByTidbits and Whatnots September 10, 2025September 12, 2025

    What is your favorite word and where does it take us? Here’s my answer: part wordplay, part confession, and part British “Brilliant!”.

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  • parent running after the school bus with their kid's lunch.
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    School Lunch and the Promise I Made at Eight

    ByTidbits and Whatnots September 9, 2025September 12, 2025

    I chased the perfect school lunch until I remembered the eight-year-old who first tasted what was possible.

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  • an Australian shepherd puppy being pelted with walnut by a squirrel on a high branch in an Ash tree.
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    The Backyard: Guardian-in-Training & The Walnut Syndicate

    ByTidbits and Whatnots September 8, 2025

    Daisy faces the walnut syndicate, holds her ground, and learns the yard has chosen her to protect it.

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  • A puppy sits on grass under an Ashe tree shade watching a butterfly, hummingbird and bumble bee enjoy a beautiful peach English rose.
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    The BackYard

    ByTidbits and Whatnots August 31, 2025September 6, 2025

    A curious Aussie pup tumbles into a backyard alive with hummingbirds, bees, and a brooding Ash Tree — and unknowingly stirs the first whispers of a bigger plan.

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  • rollercoaster with two loops at sunset
    Commentary | Family

    The Quiet Space Between the Loops

    ByTidbits and Whatnots August 25, 2025August 26, 2025

    2025’s supposed to be a “tie up loose ends” year. Mine’s been a rollercoaster—health, family nonsense, and my husband—the Heat Miser—testing Arizona. Somewhere between loops, I remembered what I missed: the words.

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    School started—so did my exercise routine.

    ByTidbits and Whatnots August 18, 2025September 12, 2025

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  • a photo of low lighting and a tv screen with streaming services on it in the distance and a chair,remote and drink close up. It gives the impression that someone is trying to enjoy a movie.
    Commentary | Sunday Shorts | Tidbits

    What Are You Watching?

    ByTidbits and Whatnots May 18, 2025September 25, 2025

    You finally sit down to watch something — one uninterrupted story, a little mental detox — and right as the plot picks up, someone walks in and asks: “What are you watching?”

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