Monthly Archives: April 2013

I wasn’t on a boat. I was, however, up a creek. Or at least it felt that way. Lunch was over and Grandpa had agreed to drive us to Canyonville to meet our “friends” who were to pick us up … Continue reading →

So…where was I? Ah, yes. In Grants Pass in the driveway of the Annabelle Lane house of my grandparents in the backseat of a police cruiser. Face red. Pulse racing. My face still flushes as I remember getting out of … Continue reading →

My grandparents were in their early 60’s (just about my age) in 1969, when I was 19 and thought I knew just about everything. That was the summer, after my freshman year, that I lived with a college friend and … Continue reading →

I’m trying to write tonight, and realizing that saving it for the end of the day is not working for me. Sleep creeps up behind my eyelids, pulls them down and then runs away laughing when they snap back up … Continue reading →

Beautiful spring day — Severed limbs and pools of blood – We’ve been here before.

Tonight I am really struggling to stay upright long enough to write a little. Such a busy day, so full of friends and activities! I had brunch with three of my besties (one of them my daughter), followed by a … Continue reading →

Going to bed tonight with a deep sense of gratitude for family and friends who share themselves and their time. These are the greatest gifts of all. I am richly blessed.

Somebody’s grandbaby went to school that frosty December day anticipating Christmas nervous about a spelling quiz thinking about lunch-time and an Oreo cookie. Nowhere in that fresh sweet heart was there the idea the thought the sense or even the … Continue reading →

What a glorious morning! I’m in Maryland to celebrate my birthday later this week. I have once again successfully circumnavigated the distance around the sun on this little blue marble of a planet. This morning I awoke to warm weather … Continue reading →