East of the Mountains You hear that expression a lot living here in Seattle. East of the mountains is where we go for sunny warm weather in the summer, apples in the fall, skiing in the winter, and gorgeous wildflowers in the spring. Last Saturday, Rick and I drove through [...]
The setting: Spring 1988, Kita-Narashino, Japan. I stood, not alone, in the cool and quiet of the night under a cherry tree in full blossom. Rick was with me. We were both ESL teachers at Margaret's School and every Friday evening, the staff went out to the marui sushi or [...]
Well, the first blog post from today was a test. And it worked! I can't believe I was able to figure things out. I was upset because I had lost connection with my subscribers! I am so darned proud of myself for figuring this out. And now here are some [...]
Happy Easter! Happy Spring. Somehow, some of my blog posts are not being sent to my subscribers. Trying to figure things out. Enjoy these tulips.
My mother loved to garden. She had a green thumb and grew a variety of flowers. Among her prized flowers were roses, irises, and peonies. Her love of peonies was surprising, given how much she disliked ants. Remember, she claimed, with great disgust, where there's one ant, there's a legion [...]
