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...]
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...]