My dog, Dinah, is a graceful old girl who will be 13 in a few months. She’s a golden retriever mix that I adopted from the Southwest Washington Humane Society – I call her my PetSmart dog since that’s where
I Just Want to Quit
At least once a day, during some part of the day, I want to quit. Quit eating healthy food. Quit brushing the dog. Quit paying the bills. Quit sweeping the floor. Quit being “responsible.” Quit washing dishes. Quit, quit, quit.
Jumping and Tunnel Flying for Lunch
Sometimes fun comes as a side dish at lunch. As in you decide to go out for cheeseburgers with an old friend from high school that you just re-connected with after 40 years between now and high school graduation; only
40 Years Later
I’ve been a mom for 40 years today. Forty years ago yesterday, the Los Angeles basin shook with a 6.6 earthquake centered in Sylmar, just north up in the San Fernando Valley. The earthquake demolished two hospitals, one of them
Building an Empire – Proof That You CAN Have More than 5000 Friends
I thought I could only have 5000 friends. At least, that’s what Facebook told me. So that’s what I set about trying to get – 5000 friends and only 5000 friends! When did the maximum number get raised? Did I
Celebrations
My son once told me that I will celebrate the sun coming up. Got a job promotion? Let’s go out for ice cream! Got special recognition for a project you did? Let’s bake cupcakes! Got a raise? Let’s go buy
Random Acts of Kindness?
What if we all did “random acts of kindness” as a regular sort of business, something that we all expected all day every day. Would we still call them “random”? Would they still hold the fascination for us that they