What our ancestors can teach us
I sit here feeling unsettled, I have just finished reading the posts generated by a message board to which I subscribe. The group is mainly spiritual devout people of all religions who share...
View ArticleThe Hog Farmer of the North
Good stories are much loved by everyone in my family. We like to joke it is a flaw in our genetic code. It probably has more to do with the fact we came from the brush and spent our childhoods thinking...
View ArticleWoodhead
When I was younger and in need of good company I would journey to a medium sized town to the north where my old friend Andrea lived. We would hit town and have a good time.It was here one night in our...
View ArticleDrive By Friends
On San Jaun Islands of Washington State residents used to raise reclusiveness to an art form. It was here that I first heard the term drive by friend. It was used to describe people who waved at each...
View ArticleHelping Kids by Being a CASA
CASA means court appointed special advocate for foster children. In most states we are volunteers. Our job is to give children in foster care their own voice in court.Awhile back I received a letter...
View ArticleUncle Fester Makes Wine
When I came to this valley I quickly met most of the people who lived here, except one. I would occasionally catch a glimpse of this mysterious guy as he walked the trail that ran along the edge of my...
View ArticleSeeds of Change
The temperature hasn't made it out of the 20s all day, a cold east wind and snow flurries let me know it is winter. But, a bit of spring has begun to fill the mailbox conveniently located on my front...
View ArticleInheritance
As the highway winds around the corner and begins to drop down the hill a vista opens up before me. A shallow saltwater bay surrounded by green fields that some would believe man made but I know to...
View ArticleMiracles Happen
Last night I went to a celebration as I have every December 13th for the past two years. It is very special to me because I had a hand in making it happen. Although in reality I feel more like I was an...
View ArticleThe Cedar Tree
In my home town it is said that there is one of my relatives living on a farm in every hollow and that would be pretty accurate. My Uncle Jack was no exception, a road builder by trade, his true love...
View ArticleWhat a Long Strange Trip
New Years eve was spent among friends with a rock band I have come to know well. I feel like their mother. Why you ask? Because, while they are all right around my age, they all got their start in...
View ArticleHummingbird woman
It did not occur to me until I was an adult that not everybody grew up with baby chipmunks sleeping a shoe box on a shelf by the fireplace or eating breakfast with a baby hummingbird complete with nest...
View ArticleGandhi of the North
It's that time of year again. A time when the fishing fleet from my home town heads back north while the rest of us grit our teeth for a few months and hope everybody comes home safely.This story is in...
View ArticleA Nest of Vipers
The concentration of wealth will rather be accelerated than otherwise by change. The election of a democrat or a republican as president will have no more effect than the kick of a knat on the Rocky...
View ArticleLife Altering Choices
I am a fortunate lady. I am surrounded by the love and understanding of a family of friends. For many years now we have individually navigated the pitfalls of life with the understanding we had a...
View ArticleJoy and Sorrow
Recently I had a rare week of freedom from my job. I spent it on my own turf walking the beaches and forests of my childhood that have changed not at all in as long as I can remember. It is the place I...
View ArticleA Whale Tale
When I was a child every year in August my family would pack up and journey to a cabin on the north shore of Orcas Island in the San Juan chain of Washington State. My Grandmother had lived there with...
View ArticleThe Olympic Peninsula: Makah Museum
If you have a visit to Olympic National Park in your vacation plans. I have a notable detour for you to consider, I promise it will be worth the extra effort and drive. The Makah Museum on the Makah...
View ArticleWork Smarter Not Harder: Gardening and Composting for a Busy Life
In these times of tight budgets and rising food costs backyard gardens have become a great way to help make ends meet and provide better food. Vegetables from our own gardens are more likely to get...
View ArticleThe Magicians Assistant
I promised this story to a friend, I told him that he would be the first one I had ever told this to. At the moment our lives have taken us in different directions and I always keep my promises so I...
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