Deep inside Squaxin Park, in the state capitol of Olympia here in Washington State, there’s an old wall phone installed on a large tree. People use the phone to call people who have died....

My husband’s mother was a widow for a long time and eventually ended up with a boyfriend, kind of a silly word for someone in their eighties, but I’m not sure what other one...

A few days ago I had the preliminary work done for a tooth implant, something I’ve put off for a long time. The periodontist was very young and either had been trained in advantageous...

To freak out a fiscally conservative friend of ours, my husband once said, “I never met a tax I didn’t like” and watched as the man visibly recoiled in horror. The guy never forgot...

George Maharis died a few weeks ago and it felt life-sobering, as my sister Judy liked to say about events that hit hard. I had a huge crush on George when I was around...

A couple of weeks ago I fell in love with a porch swing at Costco. My husband reminded me we had one thirty or so years ago but I have no idea what happened...

On the way home from our camping trip two days ago, I got fixated on finding a Taco Truck in one of the towns we passed. Taco trucks are not all equal but I’ve...

Several years ago I was on a recreational whitewater rafting trip with a bunch of people associated with my husband’s profession. It was one of those deals where a guide directs six or eight...

A couple of days ago our little dog took it into her pea brain to speed out the front door and act territorial by barking at a neighbor who was across the street getting...

When I was growing up, a man who lived just down the street from us spent almost all his time watering his lawn. From the last of the spring snowmelt to late in the...