Finding My Way

The last two weeks have been so busy - many days I have had almost no time to myself, with constant demands or commitments to my family, my...

A dear friend posted a poem on her blog about her morning walk, and it got me to thinking...perhaps my mornings are worth writing about, to...

Mark and I had our October play day this weekend. Lucky us--we had Friday off, and the weather forecast was good, so we decided to make it ...

These are amazing and wonderful people: Ken and Nancy Jenkins, my parents. They sent this photo today. They are 77 and 74 years old, and t...

I'm feeling sad this afternoon. I got a call from the mom of a former student a little while ago. She was calling to tell me that her so...

I am sitting here in the student union at PSU, waiting for my new writing class to begin in 1/2 hour. I know there will be times during th...

This morning Mark and I went out to do battle with the blackberries, and we have scars to prove that they were vicious opponents! There wa...

I want to take better care of myself, and I have realized that to do that, I need to be more kind to myself. One thing I've (finally...

Here is darling Olivia--in my lap! We are here in Utah for Mimi Haynie's wedding tomorrow (Mimi is Mark's niece), and bonus! We get ...

These posts are out of order, but things have been a little crazy with school starting up, and I'm trying to get the blog caught up. L...

I bought this little book at the Tillamook Forest Center the other day when Mark and I were there on our play day. I've been practicing ...

(I wrote this last Friday morning - tried to post then, but we had too much happening over the weekend, and then we were back to school on M...

I have felt guilty not posting in so long, but I have hardly known where to begin. So many happy times, so many blessings, and we have been ...

Here's a photo of Mark and me at cub scout day camp, 2008. Cub scout day camp begins tomorrow, and I can't go. I'm working in S...

I was out early this morning, picking blueberries again. I stood in the same spot for nearly an hour, and still couldn't get all the bl...

Have you ever checked out the Real Age website ? It asks you a bunch of questions about your health and lifestyle, and then it emails you w...

Years ago, when I had a houseful of children, on an evening when the kids were especially wound up and noisy and disrespectful. I got angry...

"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all," was Thumper's etiquette advice. I think my version of thi...

Survivors' Lap - Relay for Life Mark wanted to walk in the Survivors' Lap at the Relay for Life on June 27. He walked a lap at Clac...