Today would have been my little brother’s 58th birthday. That’s him on the right in the glasses, in a photo taken when he was 10 years old. Artie died of a self-administered drug overdose just 2 weeks before his 40th
My Little Brother, Artie

Today would have been my little brother’s 58th birthday. That’s him on the right in the glasses, in a photo taken when he was 10 years old. Artie died of a self-administered drug overdose just 2 weeks before his 40th
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it
Dinah Dog had a "doggy emergency" this week, the kind where if what the vet is trying doesn't work out, the next thing to do is "make the decision" and I began to reflect back on our time together. This
Come along with me on a little trip down Memory Lane, as I jump back forty-two years ago to February 10th, 1971, when, in the middle of major aftershocks from the previous day’s 6.6 earthquake centered near where I lived,
It was a dark and rainy Wednesday. What to do, what to do? Looking for fun and adventure… but it’s raining! Really? It’s the Pacific Northwest and if I was looking for a dry, sunny day, I’d be sitting on
Continuing the third and final day of this road trip down memory lane, if you’d like to catch up on the first two days, click here for Day One and click here for Day Two. These links will open on
If you haven’t read Day One of this story, and would like to go back and catch up, click here to be taken back in time to the previous day’s adventures when Freedom called out it’s name so loud and