Crisp, Cool and Sunny

That’s how it is this morning, in Spokane, Washington. There’s a chill in the bright air, though, as if we might get snow. I would love that, even though it’s pretty early in the year for the white stuff. I remember one Halloween in my childhood when...

Ordinary Days/Magical Days

I’m grateful for Ordinary Days–Tuesdays, like this one, with no appointments and no planes to catch. For me, it’s thanksgiving. I can write. My dogs are nearby, and my cats. (The horses, alas, are still up the road at boarding school, but I’ll...

Weather Report

It’s crisp and cool this morning, with a bright sun shining its blessings down on all of us.This past Saturday, I attended the Lael Family Reunion in Colville, Washington (for those of you who don’t live around these here parts, it’s pronounced...

Major P.S.

How could I have forgotten????There is a Christmas anthology out now, called “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, and my story, “The Christmas of the Red Chiefs”, is the headliner. If you’re in a “snowy” mood, as I am, and...

Turkeys and Trees

There are wild turkeys behind my house, gobble-gobbling! They seem to know they’re in no danger of becoming Thanksgiving dinner. (Or Sadie’s dinner, either, though she barks at them with all the good-natured ferocity of any self-respecting beagle!) The...

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