Today is my mom and dad's wedding anniversary. They got married on April 25, 1948. How I miss them! They lived to celebrate 59 years of marriage! Theirs was a love marriage. My dad first saw my mom on her family farm and told his best friend that he had [...]
Today is Earth Day and we celebrated this weekend with our annual Earth Day Hatha Yoga Retreat! We were treated to unbelievably beautiful weather at the beach. And, as incredible as this may sound, the snowy owls are still here in Ocean Shores! We walked out to Damon Point and [...]
My brother-in-law Jim was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma about 3 years ago. He was told that of all the various types of cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is the most treatable. The treatment was aggressive and the outcome looked bleak. It seemed Jim had to get worse before he could get better. [...]
Cat-less: I never knew what an empty word that is. It comes off the tongue choppy and awkward. Bear-less: Like the word "unbearable", this word denotes a state of existence one does not choose willingly. Bottom line: I miss my Little Bear! Reality has hit like a ton of bricks [...]
I have put together a slide show with the best of the best photos from Peru. Most of the photos are mine, a few were taken by Ericka. It was impossible to make this short, so it's about 12 minutes long. Watching this, for me, is very powerful. It makes [...]