
Treasured Time with Family Visitors
This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

This past weekend, my son and his wife visited from Brooklyn, New York. They are

Last week, I had cataract surgery on my right eye. The left eye is scheduled

My father used to tell me, “It never rains in the Pacific Northwest.” That was
This past weekend I traveled through southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas, visiting places of historical
One of the earliest books that I remember my mother reading to me was The
I wrote at the beginning of the month that I hadn’t read many haunting books

This past week, I finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress. I began this

Twenty years ago today, March 16, 2002, I opened up a lined blank journal and
Most Octobers I have posted one or more reviews of “haunting books” that I’ve read

As I’ve written before, any year is a good year when I get to walk
Fifteen years ago, in July 1998, our family took a hiking vacation in Switzerland. We
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most
It’s about time to start Christmas shopping, if the store windows are any gauge. Have

This is a self-pity post. I’ve had a cold or the flu for the last

February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. This day originated in New Zealand,
A few weeks ago I had to write a synopsis of my current work-in-progress to
I am not a cook, and I don’t aspire to be one. But like many
By mid-August the emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1840s had passed Fort Hall.
I wrote two years ago about going to see Santa Claus at Lloyd Center in
Tomorrow, July 4, 2024, marks the tenth anniversary of my mother’s death. As I wrote

From the start of the month through Sunday, November 15, I wrote over 57,000 words