Life is fragile, a tiny bone ruining a bit of fish, a mislaid pin piercing a bare foot. It doesn’t take much to change the course of the day.

Who is our mother? Not just the woman who gave birth.

Really, you have got to see this! Where was I? Oh, yes, yesterday (Tuesday, April 22) I looked forward to hiking   in the Coronado...

Kartchner Caverns. Worth a visit along with Colossal Caves. Caveat: lots of links and hyperbole. All this talk of moving  has inspired me...

A too familiar site. Guided tours are helpful to visitors to get the lay of the land, learn some history and identify sites to pursue...

Yesterday I walked the house, the memories reverberating. There was a slight shifting of the dominoes   this week. After several weeks of...

This is an accurate depiction of how I feel, not to be confused when how I look. I am playing retirement, much like I played house as a...

“It is only in modern times that the dream, this fleeting and insignificant looking product of the psyche, has met with such profound...

Better living through chemistry. Okay, several friends contacted me concerned about my health, sparked by one sentence in the previous...

Everyone needs a room of their own. Blue Boy is home for spring break, preparing for the end of his second year of college. Every time I...

Perhaps we need to learn from Europeans who treat their cemeteries more like parks than creepy areas of loss. My father died in June...

[Jesus] suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the...

I recall a time we took a short kayak tour down the Verde River, Water to Wine  it was called since it ended at a winery. When asked what...

Waiting to take my chances. I just recounted and renumbered the dominos. I am up to fourteen. They bounce as if someone had punched the...

Joining my ancestors. It is frightening, losing one’s balance. The tottering itself is alarming enough as is the resulting injury. Worse...

Ride the river, enjoy the quiet stream, prepare for the rapids. Mowgli stands outside my shed at eye level, I standing in the doorway....

Mowgli did this?! “I wish all my students were like Mowgli,” said the instructor. My daughter envisioned her son’s bedroom floor covered...

The tile has been in and out of the box, on and off the table for several years, occasionally fingered thoughtfully before laid aside....

The black cloud that haunted many of us these past eight years swirled into a storm threatening the legs of the table, rattling the...

It has been a tough year. Today, my eyes are on the blessings. Under the pile of dominos determining our fate, the corner of a simple...