I’m currently re-listening to the book Lonesome Dove on audible. I listen in segments because it’s close to 36 hours long but it’s so worth my time. Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite...
One of our granddaughters started Middle School this year. Her elementary school was close to her house but this year she’s riding the school bus and I’m a little envious. I grew up in...
In past years I’ve taken part in voting during Alaska’s Katmai Peninsula Fat Bear Week but this year I decided not to. Last year there was a participant who had suffered a broken jaw...
So the other day I was walking at the beach and I saw a man moving slowly along the shore. He had his head bent as he went along, like he was looking for...
The other day I was walking around Pike Place in downtown Seattle and there, outside a store that sells rare and used books, were two guys sitting with retro typewriters on small desks.Their typewriters...
I worked full time as a massage therapist for almost 30 years. The massage school stressed over and over how important it was to realize how strongly the profession is focused on Service. With...
One of my earliest memories is walking to City Hall with my mother on Election Day. City Hall was a two-story brick building two blocks from our house. The fire department occupied the majority...
Yesterday I saw an article in the Seattle Times about a house here on Lake Washington, on the east side of Seattle. It is owned by an heir to the Scripps broadcasting fortune and...
So many things in my life have come about because of the serendipitous influence of another person. Somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody. I met my husband because my high school English teacher...
I saw a cartoon where some guy was trying to reach bank customer service on his phone and the recording said, “Please listen carefully as some of our options have changed. To speak to...
