by Darcy Wiley | Feb 15, 2012 | Pocket Change, Relish, Sweet Tea
Asparagus sizzled in the top oven. I pulled lasagna from the other and looked up. The golden girl waltzed through the door with pep in her step. She came bearing hugs and kisses and cards, and beamed as my boy told her she was “thinking really good” when she got him...
by Darcy Wiley | Feb 6, 2012 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
I can hear my husband in the background of the highlight reel, chuckling as he cheers on our little sportsman. In the middle of the adult-sized field, our boy lifts his hands up, just sure he’s going to catch the football. It swooshes over his head and bounces behind...
by Darcy Wiley | Jan 18, 2012 | Jam, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
Tiny notes hammered on the hidden harp float up into my little ears and flutter about like snowflakes looking for a place to land. My daddy’s voice comes in on lead. Reverb passes through walls like the resurrected Christ. Warm in this fortress, I open my eyes and...
by Darcy Wiley | Jan 11, 2012 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
I have squeezed his shoulder with the Vulcan death grip. I have growled low and almost yelled out “I am Mommy, hear me roar!” I have stared him down and let him know not to cross me. All this in the middle of the grocery. He sits next to his little sister, too close...
by Darcy Wiley | Jan 5, 2012 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea
We balanced ourselves as we skied down the slippery steps and headed toward the tree line. My hound tugged against the leather leash and pulled me like he was a snow dog making tracks out in the wild. It was as close as we could get to such a thing– our...
by Darcy Wiley | Dec 17, 2011 | Fireflies, Pencils & Pens, Sweet Tea
Our homespun artwork on this year’s Christmas card was inspired by two artists: Charles Schulz and George Louis Wiley. The season just wouldn’t be the same without Schulz’s famous holiday favorite, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. And...