A lot has changed since I got my first pair of glasses nearly 30 years ago. (That’s glasses as in specs, not drinking vessels, to…
Well, folks, the Bloomsday 12K results are in. But I’m going to get all melancholy for a bit before I get to that part. You…
Like most kids, I played Hopscotch growing up. It was a great game and really only required a piece of chalk. And since they used…
At some point, I am going to need to go through all of my clothes and ditch the old stuff in preparation for my move.…
Somewhere in the Central Cascades is a small, rural village nestled in the trees. Through the centre of the community is the main street, home…
I spent an hour or so transferring my old floppy disks onto my external hard drive today and was very pleased with myself for managing…
My friend posted a list of 100 random things her daughter wrote about herself out of boredom and I thought I’d give it a shot…
I’ve always been a bit put off with Valentine’s Day. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I was…
Nine years ago today, my intended life plans changed. Only I didn’t know it at the time. I was living in Scotland whilst studying at…
Growing up, I used to love it when we had frosting and graham crackers as part of our school lunches. It was awesome! And the…
Don’t you love it when you’re sitting there minding your own business and all of the sudden – completely out of the blue – an old camp song pops…
Since my foster daughter had a social engagement this afternoon, I took advantage of the kid-less time to get some miles in on the gym’s…
I used to be able to sit in complete silence and just be at peace with myself. I used to be able to curl up…
I think it was Celeste’s wedding when we started the tradition of doing the Hokey Pokey at Cook Girl weddings. I remember all of us…
Growing up, one of my favourite Christmas decorations was a small twiggy, leafless branch, planted in a little pot and standing 6-8” tall. Hanging from…
WooHoo! I made a trip to the homeland this weekend to make blagenda with my folks and one of my sisters. Her kids and my…
So I think I’m a mild food hoarder. Or that I have some weird food obsessions. Or both. I’ve known it for years but mostly…
As a kid, I remember Grandpa Eberle talking about the best way to get rid of a cold: A shot (or two?) of Brandy, a…
Halloween is less than four weeks away and I am anything but excited about it. In fact, there is this niggling feeling of apprehension about…
When I was a kid I thought that the horses just off the west interchange in Ellensburg were wild and I dreamt that when I…