by Terra Osterling | Aug 21, 2011 | Babysitting Nephews, Experiences, Inspiration, Storytelling, Summer Classics
While major league stars across the country chase the pennant, Triple-A minor league baseball still rules in my hometown. Rochester has fielded a baseball team every year since 1877, named the Red Wings since 1929. My earliest recollections are of games at the old...
by Terra Osterling | Aug 14, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Game-changers, Inspiration, Storytelling, Summer Classics
One night during the summer of 1977, my mother hosted a Tupperware Party and my sister and I were packed off to the movies with Daddy. I remember that I wore white plastic barrettes and that I stood through much of the movie with my arms draped over the empty seat in...
by Terra Osterling | Aug 7, 2011 | Babysitting Nephews, Experiences, Inspiration, Outside my comfort zone, Storytelling, Summer Classics
Summertime…sticky-hot days, fast and furious rainstorms, short-shorts and ice cream dripping down my arm; this is high-summer, when school and closed-toe shoes are a distant memory and my skin has bronzed from just coming and going. There is a specialness to the air,...
