Let me preface this by saying I love ravens. They’re my favorite birds and I consider the raven to be my personal totem animal. I live in the Northwest, where Raven has always been...

Here in eastern Washington we like snow in the mountains. We hope for a deep snowpack for skiers and snowboarders and to ensure a good water supply during our hot, dry summers. Lots of...

Several weeks ago we went to one of my husband’s favorite restaurants — partly because he likes the place, and partly because he had a coupon for a free birthday meal. Either the tables...

Thirty-some years ago we lived on the Outer Banks, a string of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina where hurricane watches and warnings are likely to occur a couple times a year....

When our beloved Cinnamon died, I swore I would never have another dog, it was just too painful losing her. I lasted almost a year before I found myself standing in the middle of...

A couple of days ago my husband and I stayed overnight in a mid-sized town we’d previously only driven past. Our hotel was centrally located and the weather was nice so around seven o’clock...

On our way home from camping in southern Oregon last summer, we decided to explore off the beaten path and took a narrow winding road through the canyons and mountains in the high desert...

Years ago we lived in Texas, just a block from a university. Our family loved walking and riding bikes around the campus, especially near the arboretum, where there was a large lagoon that our...

When I was downtown, I passed a woman with a shopping cart full of what appeared to be all her earthly possessions. She made me think of my mother. Not that my mother was...

I know a couple of women who wear wigs not because they’re in the midst of chemotherapy or have alopecia, but because they like to change their look and don’t want to take time...