When We Went Down to the River to Pray

[From the archives. I’m on my way back to the river today.] And Talk. And Sing. And Eat. And Rest. Sunday night, late, my dear husband picked me up at LAX. He even parked the car and came inside to meet me at the baggage claim, which I  claim as a love offering. So how was […]


Springing, Part Two: Up.

Wisteria. And a Utility Pole … The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Seven After I nearly missed the plum flowers, I made wisteria my priority. Our neighbor, down at the corner of the main road, grows wisteria along the fence line protecting the orchards from the deer, and whatever else threatens orchards. It is abloom […]


The Right Wrong Number

Answer the Phone! A Case of Not-Mistaken IdentityThe email from my boss flashed on my screen while I was on the phone with a vendor, working out terms of a new contract. “Does the name Susan Swift [a pseudonym] mean anything to you?” As I listened to our vendor’s justification for her “enhanced pricing program” I […]


The Right Wrong Number

Answer the Phone! A Case of Not-Mistaken IdentityThe email from my boss flashed on my screen while I was on the phone with a vendor, working out terms of a new contract. “Does the name Susan Swift [a pseudonym] mean anything to you?” As I listened to our vendor’s justification for her “enhanced pricing program” I […]


>Waiting on Orders

>  Worth the Wait and Just in Time. July, 2011 At Exactly the Right Time In January, when my daughter called to tell me that her husband’s new orders were for the U.S.S. Columbus, a fast-attack submarine based in Hawaii, I chatted with her about the wonderful adventure lying before them. Then I hung up […]