Plastic Farm AnimalsThe last week of December is the week when I usually make my New Year’s Resolutions. But Bob and I are moving this week and are consumed with the endless chore of packing, cleaning, unpacking, sorting and shuffling our monstrous mountain of household goods. Today should be our last day in Camelina and tomorrow we’ll […]
Dear Nana, Today is the 107th anniversary of your birth. For as long as I can remember, you’ve been part of my life. Thank you for all that you taught me while you were here. Thank you for thirty-five years of unconditional love. I think of you every day and often long for your counsel. […]
Another long day in a string of long days. It’s Saturday. I pour myself a second glass of white wine, head to the back of the trailer (ahem, Camelina) and pick up a piece of dark chocolate from the back bedroom. I put the glass on the bathroom sink, place the chocolate on my tongue […]
This was one of those days that stretched way out ahead of me like an endless sheet of clean paper. I sat at my desk and tidied all of those little loose ends that come to haunt me in the dead of night. I made lists. I tried to find things. I cleaned house. When […]
Life can be short and unpredictable, yet I have so far escaped serious trauma. My husband, parents and brothers are all still alive and well. Two weeks ago, our good friend Lyle suddenly lost his brother to cancer. Karen, my riding buddy, lost her mother last month and Nancy, another friend lost her husband last […]