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 the […]


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 the […]


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 the […]


>Rabbit Runs!

> 42nd Annual Trabuco Canyon Fourth of July Parade, July 4, 2007. Freedom, Truth, and Dependence Summertime in our little canyon brings adolescent wildlife into view. Last summer, our Labrador, J.D., faced off against a young squirrel. He’d pick up the squirrel in his soft retriever’s mouth, then spit it out when the squirrel began […]


Rabbit Runs!

42nd Annual Trabuco Canyon Fourth of July Parade, July 4, 2007. Freedom, Truth, and Dependence Summertime in our little canyon brings adolescent wildlife into view. Last summer, our Labrador, J.D., faced off against a young squirrel. He’d pick up the squirrel in his soft retriever’s mouth, then spit it out when the squirrel began to […]