Who was it that said, “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars?” I guess that’s another way…

I love nothing more than soaking in the bath. Water, especially warm water, is so soothing. Scented with bath oil or bubble bath, usually lavender,…

I entered the tent with trepidation but a little excitement if I'm honest. It was one of those roadside fairs with a ferris wheel and…

I'd be a nauseated, shivering, hypersensitive mess off stage left ( or right, depending on the show), repeating my first line over and over in…

Mary is a swift and agile lady whose eyes are bright and radiant with an amber hue. Staring into her eyes is like bathing in…

My mother was taught to be afraid of thunderstorms. The explanation she gave me was that one of her foster mothers (she had 3 throughout…

I’ve stopped. I’ve stopped remembering your voice, its timbre; I’ve stopped feeling your body, the way you stood high over me, the solidity of you,…

“Goddamn, Jordan. Tell me again why we love this job? This day after day shit on fires for, how many weeks now? Three?” I ask,…

Or is it simply laziness ? Or perhaps well-earned exhaustion? Whatever it is, since a pal mentioned the word to me days ago it has…

Racing. I wrote about “racing” several times. There was the heart-breaking scene based on John when he was a cubscout and the pine box Derby.…

That Thanksgiving more than 20 years ago. I had met Judi several weeks before and we had gotten close quickly. I was surprised this had…

I have been broken into twice since I have lived in this home on Indiana St. SE. Both times all of my jewelry was taken.…