TV’s Masterpiece
When a good thing doesn't come to an end, it is still ever subject to change. In 1971, the fall I went off to...
Live At Blossom Music Center
Lines of traffic backed up along the road in the rural area leading to the Blossom Music Center. We should have allowed more travel...
The Longest Day
Summer has arrived. The longest day of the year has passed. When summer solstice approaches, the noonday sun rises higher and higher in the...
The Banner We Wave
At the recent Memorial Day ceremonies, I was pleased to see most everyone in the crowd show respect for our flag, with hand over heart standing when one passed by.
My Powder Puff Pet
Temptation jumped from a bulletin board at our local grocery. "Free hamsters to good home" headlined pictures of two available live balls of fur....
Glorious Harmony
The Salem Community Theatre's Youth Chorus have learned to make beautiful music together during the not quite 2-year span since they began.
Phone rage rears its ugly head
I suppressed my telephone monster one morning when the woman caller incorrectly pronounced my daughter Josie's first name, "May I speak to Nina (Nee-nah)?"...
Slap Me
My mother-in-law and I spent an afternoon with my 20-year-old daughter in Kent. Josie adopted a kitten the week before our visit. I was...
What are you reading?
Can a book titled "Love Cajun Style" be worth reading?
Tribute to Motherhood
It's a special day that first time a daughter calls home after moving away and asks for Mom's advice
