The Hellish Handbasket

I read today that writing gratitude lists sometimes can make us feel worse rather than better. I find that news a great relief. Now I don...

I would like to think I’ve evolved to the point where I live to serve, but it’s entirely possible I’m simply desperate for human company. De...

I know we are supposed to like fall, the time of harvest, first frosts, shorter days, and piles of golden leaves. In another world in anothe...

I count myself lucky to have a relatively safe, comfortable place to live while I figure out what is coming next. My landlord and I have a w...

Tis the season during which the residents of the mobile home park dress up in costumes and shuffle over to the clubhouse to drink strawberry...

I have one small victory to report. With a little help from my friend, I managed to replace the support struts on my minivan's liftgate ...

I had a birthday this week. To celebrate, I treated myself to the trifecta. I don't mean I went horse racing. I mean, I sidled on down t...

I whine a lot to my friends about the broken state of my brain. Yes, I am referring to the meatball in my head that I joke is constantly try...

The first time it happened, I thought I was mistaken. I chalked it up to my aging brain. The second time it happened, I began to suspect som...

I've been thinking about the past. You don't have to tell me that contemplating the past is rarely a good thing. Living today for a ...

Today I'm feeling a little like Dr. Doolittle might have felt. A little bird with a reddish chest was checking me out through the slidin...

My life has become a dog’s life. After four cool, cloudy, intermittently rainy days in the Coconino National Forest parked under some pines ...

I finally made it to the forest outside Flagstaff. It’s as beautiful as I had hoped. The trees are tall and piney. The grass is green, spars...

In my fledgling career as an amateur dogsitter, I can now claim to have cared for three dogs. Juno is the biggest dog, so far. She's an ...

I miss my stuff. Almost all my possessions are ensconced in a 5' x 5' storage unit over by the mall. The cubicle is 8 feet tall, oth...

A life lived in fear is a life half-lived. I know that is true because Fran said it in my favorite movie, "Strictly Ballroom," and...

I have an aversion to eating anything with a face. If a creature would run from me if it could, then I do not want to make it a meal. Even i...