Once when I was struggling with a decision, I took a long walk and was aware of a raven trailing close, watching me and occasionally calling out.  Since then I see ravens everywhere. A...

When our kids were young, we lived in Texas and spent one of our spring break weeks camping at Big Bend National Park. Men from the village of Boquillas del Carmen, just across the...

Periodically I enroll in an adult ed conversational Spanish program offered through the local community college — I’m in one of those classes now.  The teacher is from Chile so has a different accent...

My life seems to run more smoothly if I do some inspirational and self growth reading early in the morning, before my day gets in full swing. I reflect my way through several pages...

Yesterday was May 1st.  May Day.  I did some research and found that in the late 19th  century, May 1st was designated International Workers’ Day.  According to Wikipedia, in 1927 the voice call “Mayday”...

I’ve had an obsession with the Columbia River for years and touring the Grand Coulee Dam re-ignited that.  The Columbia River has fourteen dams between its source in British Columbia and the Pacific Ocean...

On Valentine’s Day a couple of years ago my husband bought me a half pound of See’s chocolate covered caramels — he knows that I consider this the best candy of all time, hands...

WordPress was having tech issues. Reposting yesterday’s blog entry:   There was a young woman I knew a long time ago. She had lank brown hair, her clothes were misshapen and out of style....

We knew an arborist who died a couple of years ago.  He wanted to be buried in a plain pine box without being embalmed, and after a bunch of searching he located a cemetery...

Last year my husband and I spent a few weeks in Great Britain.  The people were super friendly and we had a great time. Naturally we ate a fair number of traditional meat pies...