This post is probably not about what you think it is. No, I haven’t gone hiking across a suspension bridge 1000 feet above the stream. No, I haven’t gone barreling down a mountainside in a luge. And no, I haven’t
A Boston Fern as Old as My Son Gets a New House
Every few years, I buy a new pot and a new bag of potting mix, and I spend an afternoon re-potting a Boston fern that I've been moving all over the West Coast with me for almost forty years. Yesterday
Birthday Week Reflections
Four years ago this week, my birthday week celebrations were of a completely different nature than they are this year. My house had foreclosed and I was moving my remaining belongings out, placing them in a small storage unit. Earlier
A Tribute to Louise the Cat, My Intrepid Traveler
I first met Louise 10 years ago. She was one half of the cutest duo you could ever have imagined – two little black and white kittens, almost identical sisters, both of them sitting in a single too-small crate, waiting
Up on the Block!
So my little 19-foot tortoise shell has been listed on craigslist and is garnering gobs of attention. I wonder who will be the Perfect Person to own it next? I bought this trailer a year or so after my house
Holy cow! What am I thinking??!! I’m gonna live in a 10-foot trailer??!!
Ok, so the reality of living in a little ten foot trailer is beginning to hit home. Funny thing is, I’ve been living in a 19-footer for almost three years now and going from 3-bedrooms/2-baths to a 19-foot travel trailer
Five Four Three Two One – A Story
The Last Five Years: It’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It! 5. Five years ago, my dad died. He’d been in the hospital three weeks. I didn’t know he was in the hospital. My mother, brother, and sister didn’t