A month ago I was advised that my first post would not be read by too many people because I was new, for one thing. I have been having a marvelous time at OS and have made some friends here, so I thought I would repost this article to celebrate. I… Read full post »

My contribution for Foodie Tuesday:

Natalie’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are soft, chewy and wonderful. By adding the cinnamon, I have found that locksmiths, handymen and landscapers will often lower their price or not charge me for some things, and will instead accept these… Read full post »

I joined band in the 6th grade because I wanted to write songs. I was writing song lyrics since at least the age of nine. My memories were confirmed when I found a dated copy of one of my "songs" (no keys) in my grandma's family bible not quite 30 years… Read full post »

The Barrow, Alaska -- Our Tales to Tell DVD project took up most of my time for nearly three years. I am proud of this production, and since I have been part of OS for a bit, I thought it would be okay to share information with everyone about this extremely… Read full post »

It was only 25 minutes until the end of visiting hours when my boyfriend pulled up to the front hospital entrance so I could get out with a bouquet of flowers, a light-weight, lovely, blue, glass vase and a freshly sharpened pair of scissors, usually kept in my kitchen drawer.

On this… Read full post »

Oh man, now they are after Easy-Bake Ovens. Remember those cute little toy ovens that made all the boys in the neighborhood want to come over and taste your desserts, those little round treats that didn't always look properly formed? Umm... Perhaps I should start over. 

 I just read the fol… Read full post »

It was a pleasant evening at a KOA campground near Jackson, New Jersey in 1975. Blinking on and off in the warm, humid air, fireflies made me think of fairies and at age 10, I imagined that my sister Mitzi and I most definitely appeared to be princesses walking through a… Read full post »

I tend to stay fairly calm during emergencies, slipping into do-it mode until the crisis is over. Then I fall apart.

When I was a 16-year-old, high-school student in Montana, a girl I knew threatened to jump off the roof of the building next to the school. I was on… Read full post »

You saw the movie The Exorcist, right? Do you remember how terrifying it was every time Regan’s mother approached her daughter’s bedroom? You just didn’t know what she would find, what increasingly horrifying thing she would face when she went through that door.

Well, that’s… Read full post »