The Cranky Oracle

When my sister asked me to write this, my first thought was, boy… sometimes I hate being a writer. At the same time, it is such an honor...

I'm staring down the double barrels of senior citizenship as my 55th birthday is just around the corner. My standard thought lately h...

Upon seeing this picture, my first thought (after I'd wiped away the tears that immediately sprang forth and blurred my vision) was, ...

Please note : I am posting the following as a favor to a friend. I am at once heart-sore for her and proud of her for fighting and writin...

Part I Listen. The sound of hearts breaking - not just surface cracks, like ice at the first breath of Spring, but the shudder and b...

Something has been bugging me for a few years. Nah, let's make that decades.  Every now and then I start to speak up about it, raise...

It's a coolish, cloudy day here in the NW. I'm jumping one ahead of Mother Nature and am cooking up some beef stew. It would be ...