Tomorrow morning, I will awake early, long before daybreak, and drive down to Golden, Colorado for the Women Writing the West annual conference. Even though I've been a member of this wonderful organization for years, this is only … [Read more...]
When Life Happens…
George and I had very specific plans for this summer. We were returning from Colorado to Oregon on June 14th. We had plans to host my brother and sister-in-law in August. I was meeting a friend for a writer's conference in … [Read more...]
Just when you think your plans are set…
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu We thought we were … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Story
For those of you who have read Above Tree Line, you know that, at the end of the book, we make the decision to leave Colorado. We decide it is time to move on, to make our home on the Oregon coast closer to one of our grown … [Read more...]
How Personal Should We Be When Writing For Others?
Saturday was my 35th wedding anniversary. My husband wasn't home. He was with friends of ours several states away while I was alone with the dogs. If this had happened several years ago--actually quite a few years ago … [Read more...]
On my Mother’s 95th Birthday
Today is my mother’s birthday. She would be turning 95 if she was still alive. I tried to upload a photograph of her taken when she was 22 back in 1941. My uncle scanned the photograph a few years before he died and it is one of … [Read more...]
How Could You?
When I told people I was writing a memoir (or that I'd written and published one) the responses could best be summed in these words: Great! But how could you? Or perhaps Why would you? Before I address the responses, let's … [Read more...]
Why it is so hard sometimes, and how to continue anyway.
Now that Above Tree Line is published and available, some of my friends and readers are alluding to my courage. Every time I hear or read the word courage applied to me, I experience a moment of confusion. It doesn't compute. I … [Read more...]