For those of you who think cruising is full of idyllic romance, rainbows without rain, sunshine, and butterflies, this blog entry is for you. The day had been perfect. We awakened at 0530, enjoyed... Read more >>

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Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books that you would order through the Scholastic Book Club when you were a kid? You know, the ones that allowed you, the reader, to be a double agent,... Read more >>

The mornings are cool and crisp; if we are lucky there is a fine mist of dew covering the surfaces of the leaves and flowers. As the sun rises the temperature heightens, warm and welcoming on my cold... Read more >>

When I turned fifty I had been a widow for five years and I had just became a GRANDMA! I wanted to celebrate but I couldn’t get anyone to agree with how. I wanted to go somewhere I had never... Read more >>

This one is what I fondly call an “Adventure.” After getting one of the rancher’s cattle ensconced for the summer in the specified place in the Jackson Hole area (many moons ago, as... Read more >>

Rodney stood at his post behind the cash register, and stared out at the warm, wet evening. The book store he worked at let them leave the doors open if it was warm out, which was nice, but sometimes... Read more >>

A few months later I was walking on the beach, alone, in a small fishing village on Mexico’s Pacific coast. A friendly couple, one I had seen numerous times in town and found to be particularly... Read more >>

Drifting up the road in Seattle bound traffic today cruising along in my little yellow car, I found my thoughts straying back to our summer ride to Sturgis, South Dakota and all the way back to... Read more >>

I’d heard about midlife crises. Other people had those, but it would never happen to me. I’m a well-adjusted person with my stuff together. I don’t “do” midlife crises, I... Read more >>