When I was young, I hated most vegetables. So when Grammie came to visit, there were issues. Oh, she dished up hot biscuits and gravy, salad, and fresh peas. But then… “Eat your greens,” she’d say. “Then you can have…
When I was young, I hated most vegetables. So when Grammie came to visit, there were issues. Oh, she dished up hot biscuits and gravy, salad, and fresh peas. But then… “Eat your greens,” she’d say. “Then you can have…
I spend many hours at my home computer, writing articles, and processing images. I’m not fussy about dress codes (I…
May 26, 2020
The sun was shining but the damp breeze felt like ice cubes rubbing my cheeks. A typical spring morning in…
May 16, 2020
Gardening feels like a bosom-hug from my Grammie. She loved to grow beans, putzing quietly in the dirt. Now it’s…
April 14, 2020
There’s a silver lining in every crisis, from the economic meltdown of 2009, to cancer, to the COVID-19 issue. Tough…
March 24, 2020
I went to a garage sale recently in search of a used shovel. No luck. But I did find a…
February 24, 2020
Sometimes you have to cover many miles to discover relief during troubled times. For me, I traveled from Alaska to…
January 23, 2020
I live on Kodiak, the second-largest island in the U.S. Did you know that it’s mostly a wildlife refuge for…
December 2, 2019
It became my job to make the gravy the year my husband and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Easy-peasy. I’d made…
November 24, 2019
Have you ever seen those drawings in National Geographic of what Alaska looked like in the days of the dinosaurs?…
November 18, 2019
What do red bell peppers, broccoli, and papayas have in common? They’re uber sources of vitamin C. But there’s another…
November 6, 2019