Finding My Way

  Nancy Jenkins Obituary Following a lifetime of kindness and cheer, Nancy Pauline Jenkins died peacefully at age 86 on March 3, 2022. She w...

  Wednesday, April 14, 2021 If I am to undertake a writing project, I can only be inspired at this point in my life by focusing on the...

I've been thinking A LOT about what it means to me to be an American citizen at this time. Here are some of my thoughts. You are welcome...

Dear graduates, Our time is brief. I have three things to say.  One. Humor me for just a minute. Let’s go back to English class (c...

My dear friend of over 30 years, Dorothy Jenson, died of inoperable liver cancer on Sunday, August 21. She died at home, with her fami...

“Look at her posture,” my father said.             Four words formed in his larynx and uttered in quiet waves in the living room. 1964, ...

Dear friend, You know who you are. Yes, this post is for you. Although we live a thousand miles apart, I can hear the gentle cadences of...

*Another reflection on our trip to Antigua in 2004. Little things you notice:             Three different times, as I walked past the c...

*My friend Liz Jorgensen is currently studying Spanish in Guatemala. Her posts and pictures trigger so many memories of the study trip that ...

I'm just happy. I don't have anything profound to say or funny to post. It's Sunday evening. All my papers were graded and the...

I did something really dumb today. I could be dead right now. Easily. Almost home, the final turn on to the street I've called home ...

Ok folks, I'm ready to make it public: Mark and I are becoming bike commuters this year. We have ridden to school almost every ...

Winter was long and dark. I grieved my mom's placement in memory care. (It all seemed to happen so fast at the time. Now, looking back...

Early December in Oregon, and it's blowing hard outside. Later we'll get some more rain. I'm settled into my green rocking cha...

Mark and I escaped overnight this weekend. It was just a quick overnight trip across the Columbia River to Camas, Washington, but it was eno...

Mark, Mom and I went to celebrate Dad's birthday with frozen yogurt this evening. We forgot to snap a selfie, but you'd better belie...

There has been a huge solar storm this week, and the northern lights are supposed to be visible much further south than normal. The Ore...