A few weeks ago I met one of our sons at the Seattle Central Library downtown. I’d been there before I lived here but I’d forgotten what an architectural masterpiece that building is....
I was thinking about a girl who was in my kindergarten class. In the 1950’s and 60’s, we hadn’t yet learned to use words like indigenous or Native American or First People. She was...
The grocery stores were extra busy over the holiday season. Checkout lines tend to snake down the aisles of the stores a lot of the time anyway because the checkers here can be kind...
Contrary to folklore, kids in far northern Wisconsin are not born with skates on their feet. But the small community of Eagle River, where I grew up, did a lot to foster a love...
Two weeks ago I took the light rail to meet our son downtown at the Seattle central library. I love living someplace with public transportation, I only wish the system were extensive enough that...
I met a friend for lunch the other day. She had misjudged the distance to the restaurant but was able to let me know she was running pretty late. I happened to have been...
It’s that time of year. The time when the Salvation Army is outside stores with their bells and red kettles. Sometimes they provide music with brass instruments, the other day it was a man...
It’s raining today. I live in Seattle so you’re probably saying, “Well, duh. Of course it’s raining, It rains all the time in Seattle!” I’ve lived here a year and a half and I’m...
Something funny happened on the way to the non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner we had planned this year. One person, though we’d jointly decided the menu would be Asian, asked if we could add mashed potatoes....
Here’s a secret that’s not really a secret: Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. I love being grateful, that’s not it. And I have so so many things for which I am indeed grateful....
