First, a bit of clarification might be useful about my article on the strength of my Aunt Marian. I certainly am not implying that any woman must stay with a drunk or abusive husband. I do not admire her because she did that. I have no idea how she decided that she would not kickContinue reading “To Write or Not? (When I don’t feel like it)”
Category Archives: Experience
This Was My Aunt Marion
In my last article I promised to write short bios of the strong ladies in my family, the history I have listening and observing them as I grew up: here’s the first. This was my Aunt Marian. We always called her that. Never simply ‘Marian’. Had to be ‘Aunt’. It was that way in myContinue reading “This Was My Aunt Marion”
Crisis
We think we live in a time of crisis and maybe we do. But we’re not the first. Americans havebeen here before. Not exactly like this, but we have been afraid before.We’ve faced unknown futures, unknown tomorrows. But we survived. I don’t know how wedid, but we found joy in our days and we movedContinue reading “Crisis”
When I was 21
When I was 21…oh, forget my 20s…I was a mess! When I was 31 I was raising my children, learning to cook and make a home. Things I knew nothing about! So I read books (a ton of books!) and talked to older and wiser women to see how they did life. I followed directionsContinue reading “When I was 21”
Decluttering
September 25, 2018 Skittering, shuffling, scampering, out of breath I am. Books and papers and recipes, photos and letters and souvenirs. Memorabilia. Spilling over. Cramped and crowded I am, this stuff of forty years, tucked away, stored, forgotten. I have become not the boss of my house. Declutter I must! Out with forgotten books weContinue reading “Decluttering”
Diversity
October 7, 2018 I am often taken with a few key words everybody’s using. A fan of words, I’m always interested in what people mean when they use a certain term. Does it mean to them what it means to me? Are they using that word because its popular right now and if asked toContinue reading “Diversity”
THE LOG
October 22, 2018 Awhile back my husband and I had a fight, sort of. We like to build fires in our fire pit, sit on the benches and have coffee some chilly mornings. He collects old logs and cuts up wood so that we always have a ready supply. One of his fave things. OffContinue reading “THE LOG”
The Cabin In The Woods
November 11, 2018 Halloween night I took off to my yearly “be-alone-in-a-cabin-in-the-woods” excursion. I take a survivor-girl attitude to this event. Isolated, no phone, no internet. If I fall while on a hike, I must crawl myself out to a far distant highway so somebody can find me. I survive boredom. I conquer fear. IContinue reading “The Cabin In The Woods”
Wildly Clara 