A Whole New Way to Knit
February 13, 2020
What if you knew something was going to happen that was going to change your life completely? You didn’t know what it was or when it would happen. You just knew that it was coming. What would you do? What Read more…
February 8, 2020
all those years ago our eyes and our hearts met over the chasm the chasm of years life experience and perspective we yoked ourselves together with joy and purpose and set out to have a life together we hit a Read more…
August 28, 2019
August started out bad and continued not-so-great. The sheriffs found the body of a not-quite-23-year-old man whose mother has been my friend for 30 years. I watched this young man grow up. My elder children played with his elder brothers, Read more…
August 23, 2019
Sometimes you skim over the surface of life, like a dragonfly cruising in the sunshine. The breeze lifts you where you want to go, and everything you need for the good life is bountiful and at hand. You bask in Read more…
February 15, 2019
It started as a joke. Valentine’s Day never jazzed me. The Monterey Bay Aquarium did, but it was always thronged with human beings. One year, about 20 years ago, I got the idea to take my kids to the Monterey Read more…
February 12, 2019
“You can tell Nancy Pelosi has 5 kids. She’s treating Trump like a toddler who is making unreasonable demands. Set calm, firm boundaries and give him a little time to consider his options.” I thought about this for a bit, Read more…
December 30, 2018
On Christmas Eve, my 101-year-old great-aunt called to wish us a Merry Christmas. She’s had a hard year, full of health problems and diminishments. Still, she found time to rejoice over the younger generations’ accomplishments and the blessing of spending Read more…
December 29, 2018
She spent Christmas in Costa Rica with various calabash relatives. Hit the ground running when she came home, calling everyone to schedule her January. “I think 80 might be too old to go on a zip line through the rainforest.” Read more…
November 5, 2018
i want you to have what you need i just don’t want you to need what i don’t want to give
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