THANKS(for)GIVING
posted over 2 years ago, updated 4 days later | 3 comments
Most of us are kind and generous if we’re expected to be. When we pass a Salvation Army bucket we put in 10 bucks. If a neighbor is sick we take a casserole and a card. We pick through the pantry to find canned goods for the food bank, contribute ...
Duty Honor Country
posted over 2 years ago, updated 9 days later | 0 comments
Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr.’s recent death likely won’t lessen the universal debate over whether a peaceful outcome justifies the violent means of ending wars.
Tibbets believed it did. As the pilot in command of the B-29 that dropped the worl...
Tibbets believed it did. As the pilot in command of the B-29 that dropped the worl...
A million dollar needle in her haystack
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 days later | 2 comments
We all have million-dollar ideas; my husband swears he has one a week, but we’re still living on a tight budget, driving a five-year-old truck, and paying a mortgage.
For more than 20 years on her little farm on the Idaho-Washington border, Mary ...
For more than 20 years on her little farm on the Idaho-Washington border, Mary ...
Taking orders from "The Boss"
posted over 2 years ago, updated 7 days later | 3 comments
Like most aberrations, this one grew out of a longing to kick over the traces, break out of the routine, spend money on something besides car insurance, dental hygiene, and new brakes.
Late October, midnight, moon on the wane. A quiet house, dog...
Late October, midnight, moon on the wane. A quiet house, dog...
Making a difference, one woman at a time
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 1 comment
Travel not only broadens the mind, it reminds us of how we came to be who we are. As a dog patrols its territory to make sure its boundaries haven’t shifted, so I frequently retrace my steps to reconnect with people whose influence has shaped my c...
Lost
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 24 hours later | 2 comments
I thought I was dreaming the sound of the jet helicopter’s insistent whine. But as the racket grew louder, I reluctantly lifted my sleepy head from the pillow and saw, a few hundred yards away from my window, a white spotlight methodically moving ...
Attitude is everything
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
Of the multitude of virtues in filmmaker Ken Burns’ public television series “The War,” perhaps the most important to those of us watching is its matter-of-fact repetition of daily sacrifices made by ordinary Americans for their country.
Night af...
Night af...
Dick and Jane's excellent (Boomer) adventure
posted over 2 years ago, updated 7 days later | 0 comments
Bumper-to-bumper traffic clogs the Yellowstone National Park highway in both directions as rubber-neckers crane to see bison on one side of the road, elk on the other.
“It’s late September, for cryin’ out loud,” I wonder in exasperation, “where h...
“It’s late September, for cryin’ out loud,” I wonder in exasperation, “where h...
We shall gather at the river
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 20 hours later | 3 comments
Another Day on the River
Autumn, 2007
Dear George and Cele,
I thought it would be hard arriving at your little cabin in the woods this time, but just before your driveway a fawn started across the gravel road and my sadness fell away into wonder...
Autumn, 2007
Dear George and Cele,
I thought it would be hard arriving at your little cabin in the woods this time, but just before your driveway a fawn started across the gravel road and my sadness fell away into wonder...
In the valley of love and delight
posted over 2 years ago, updated 8 days later | 5 comments
Sitting at the old harvest table with a freshly-baked cake between us, we take each other’s measure. Yes: Even after a year apart, my old friend is in there.
Underneath my unfamiliar hair style, behind her new horn-rims, we reconnect as if one of...
Underneath my unfamiliar hair style, behind her new horn-rims, we reconnect as if one of...
