Coming home to a place I’ve never been
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Today would have been my mother’s 95th birthday. This Nevada Appeal column published on July 14,… Continue reading Coming home to a place I’ve never been
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More milestones, nearly twenty years later…
This piece was first published in the Nevada Appeal in 2003. I’ve passed many more milestones since that time. Retirement, … Continue reading More milestones, nearly twenty years later…
Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this
“All my best friends move away; they get divorced or their husbands are transferred. All of them move, but not like this. Not with bombs and broken glass in the night and the FBI. Not like this.” Continue reading Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this
My wish: A house that’s just clean enough
“Housework, if done properly, can kill you.” ~Erma Bombeck This piece was first published in the Nevada Appeal about twenty … Continue reading My wish: A house that’s just clean enough
Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Today would have been my mother’s 95th birthday. This Nevada Appeal column published on July 14, 2004, just ten days … Continue reading Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Reading, like riding a bike, takes practice
This column first appeared in The Nevada Appeal, February 19, 2003 while I was still working as a literacy specialist … Continue reading Reading, like riding a bike, takes practice
Scrapbooks turn the pages of our lives
This column appeared in The Nevada Appeal in 2002, when I was DEEP into scrapbooking. I am no longer. While … Continue reading Scrapbooks turn the pages of our lives
There’s no place like home for the holidays
This column originally appeared in the Nevada Appeal on December 5, 2001, almost twenty years ago. September 11 was still … Continue reading There’s no place like home for the holidays
Remembering the day the world changed
Originally published in The Nevada Appeal on September 26, 2001 My Own Battlefields in This New War “It’s awful here. … Continue reading Remembering the day the world changed
Can you separate fact from fiction?
This column is from seven–yes, SEVEN–years ago and it seems there are at least a few people who still can’t … Continue reading Can you separate fact from fiction?
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