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One Hundred Posts and Counting

  Today I’m celebrating my 100th blog post! Hurray! It’s taken me a year and a half to do it, but here I am, at milepost one hundred. If you’re not a blogger, you may wonder why anyone would want … Continue reading →

Out with the Horse; In with the Sheep.

  2015, the Year of the Sheep. I was born in the Year of the Sheep; it’s my year. So I suppose I should be able to write with a modicum of authority about sheep and our year. First off: … Continue reading →

Everyday Creativity

What shall we have for dinner? Whether you cook for yourself or for a crowd, if you’re the person responsible for dinner, you have a daily creativity challenge. The meal you cook doesn’t have to win awards, but it should … Continue reading →

The Wintry Beauty of Glaciers and Icebergs

I wanted to post some photos of winter in the Pacific Northwest, but this year the weather here has been unusually warm. Not a flake of snow. So I dug through my boxes of old photos and came up with … Continue reading →

Where Have All the Tigers Gone?

During the holidays my family—seven adults, one child and a teenager—visited the Indianapolis Zoo. Despite the unwieldy size of our group, we succeeded in staying together for a while. (The shark-petting pool with its small hint of danger appealed to … Continue reading →

Fight on the Plane

It’s the week before Christmas, and I’m on my way from Seattle to my daughter’s house in Indianapolis. After changing planes in Denver, I find my seat, roll my coat inside-out, slide it into the compartment above seat 20C, and … Continue reading →

If You Were in a Horror Movie, How Long Would You Survive?

  A few weeks ago, my oldest daughter sent me an email. The subject line read: “Have you retained Daddy’s training?” She’d taken an online fun quiz called “How Long Would You Last in a Horror Movie?” and she was … Continue reading →

Behind the Story, a Review of 2014

The WordPress helper monkeys put together a report that shows some basic statistics about my blog during the past twelve months. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about … Continue reading →

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Enjoying Dinner-Theater in Indiana

At least, I assume we’ll all enjoy it—the music, the dinner, and a close-up view of an old favorite tale. What could be better?! I do hope, however, that the ghosts that haunted Ebenezer Scrooge won’t be too scary for … Continue reading →

A Christmas Card with a Surprise inside

 One of the first Christmas cards I received this year was from Mary, my roommate from college. Mary and I met going into our junior year at Seattle University. We’d both signed up to be Junior Advisors at Marycrest Hall, … Continue reading →