Restoring the Lamps, Part One

Lamp Shades as Pompoms. A Reenactment. I Couldn’t Renew Them Alone “How about these?” I asked my husband, as we examined the selection of lampshades at our local Lowe’s. “Those look good,” Rich responded. So I selected a pair, spinning them slowly to make sure they were free of dents or stains. Satisfied, we trooped […]


A One-Night Stand with Fear

Blown Over Waiting out the WindWe listened as the wind screeched down our narrow canyon. The reporters had warned us, as breathlessly as if they’d donated their own air to the cause, that this windstorm was to be The Big One: “Hurricane-force gusts,” they promised. Through the howl we heard booms and thuds. I half-expected to […]


Seeing in New Places

Elaine. Tahiti. January, 2004. Slipping Free of Fear My daughter Elaine and her husband Rob, who recently moved to Hawaii, just completed their SCUBA certifications. She posted yesterday on Facebook: I’m officially a certified open water scuba diver!! Aaaaaand I swam with THREE sea turtles and a shark today. So awesome. This news makes me […]


Seeing in New Places

Elaine. Tahiti. January, 2004. Slipping Free of Fear My daughter Elaine and her husband Rob, who recently moved to Hawaii, just completed their SCUBA certifications. She posted yesterday on Facebook: I’m officially a certified open water scuba diver!! Aaaaaand I swam with THREE sea turtles and a shark today. So awesome. This news makes me […]


Over or Under?

Ti’i.  Habits and Hurts If you visit our home, you can tell who last replaced the roll of toilet paper by which way the paper hangs. If my husband Rich placed the roll on the spindle, the tissue flows over the top of the roll. If I did it, the paper hangs under the roll.  […]