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Childhood Summers
Ethereal fragments of childhood summers endure from our earliest recollections, impervious to edits in time or space. We waited...
Ardelle Hirsch
Jun 15, 20212 min read


Do You Remember That?
I don’t have an answer for this. “What happens to all of those memories? my 42-year-old son wants to know. “Where do they go? Think about...
Ardelle Hirsch
Jun 6, 20213 min read


Canopy of Fire
Even though they are not visible there is one in every room, a bug jar. In my house “grab and go” has little to do with take out unless...
Ardelle Hirsch
Jun 3, 20213 min read


Looking the Other Way
I grew up on Long Island and on Friday nights our family often headed to the Westbury Drive-in for the fireworks. Before air conditioning...
Ardelle Hirsch
Jun 2, 20212 min read


The Texture of Water
I never know how to respond when people ask, “Are you happy?” ”Happy” is not a place that one can program into Google Maps with the...
Ardelle Hirsch
May 31, 20213 min read


Life as I see it ...
I’ve been recording life as I see it in words and images for as long as I can remember and for years I’ve been contemplating ways to...
Ardelle Hirsch
May 30, 20211 min read


Decisions, decisions...
She’s 6, coughs almost exclusively at night and is very playful, but I learned yesterday that Callie probably has asthma, and while that...
Ardelle Hirsch
May 29, 20212 min read


The Tiny Traveler
Neither my daughter nor I can remember exactly when this started, so I’ll need to begin in the middle. We “share” a tiny traveler. A...
Ardelle Hirsch
May 27, 20212 min read


Backyard Dinners and Hope
There are 9 of them back there, the deer. Each night they come in search of food or company or curiosity ...I am glad they are here. I,...
Ardelle Hirsch
May 20, 20211 min read
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