Before the new year began, I purchased a National Day Calendar. This is the calendar that tells you when National Chocolate Covered...

While driving, I recently heard the song "Funny How Time Slips Away" sung by Jimmy Elledge. (I'm sure you've heard the song as it has...

I was asked to give a talk in Church today on the topic of "Finding joy in the Christmas Season." My answer for how to find that joy can...

Recently, a fellow Brautigan fan from France reached out to tell me that she would be traveling to San Francisco, and would I be...

This is the original collage of a postcard-to-be that is currently at the printers. If you would like one, please PM me with your address...

I realize that postage keeps going up, but I still think that a 68¢ stamp is a deal. It is cheaper than a candy bar or a soda, and even...

My husband, Chuck, was born and raised in southern California. One of the advantages of this was eating at the original In-N-Out Burger...

December 23, 2023 Our children, Leslie and Thomas, were both born on December 21st, three years apart. (There was obviously no planning...

December 16, 2023 For the past few years, I have lost my voice during December. I am talking (not) full-blown laryngitis. It usually...

26 November 2023 I have a confession to make. I write in, tear up, and cut up books - some of them perfectly new and in great shape. ...

November 12, 2023 I read an article this morning about a young girl who had a double-lung transplant. Once the ventilator was removed,...

4 November 2023 Fall means soup weather, and I just made a big pot of beef stew. - set out the soup pot - set out the cutting board -...

Published October 14, 2023 My daughter, Leslie, is here visiting from Virginia. She flew into Phoenix yesterday and rented a car. I had...

October 1, 2023 "In Austria-Hungary, Dr. Emanuel Herrmann (a professor of Economics from Vienna) wrote an article in the Neue Freie...

September 24, 2023 My father is the oldest of 12 children, and my mother the oldest of 5. I have 72 first cousins. My father's father...

September 17, 2023 It is said that spending 10,000 hours in deliberate practice of something will make one a master of that thing. While...

September 10, 2023 Do you dance? I dance. I love to dance. I wanted to be a dancer when I grew up. I am of an age that when I was a...

September 3, 2023 Many years ago while my husband, Chuck, our daughter, Leslie, and I were residing in San Diego after Chuck's first lung...

August 26, 2023 Dear Friend, I remember the exact moment I fell in love with letters. We had moved right after my eighth- grade...

20 August 2023 Yesterday, a good friend from high school, Chip Coffey, passed away. Many people, me included, were posting comments to...