Suprise Me

The full description of the CWP program included an interesting reference to one of the takeaways from the course, something called “Trigger Finger Etiquette”. NO, NO, NO, that’s not “manners”. Read More

...the house felt huge, empty and swept by onshore winds that buffeted the old frame building. Read More

This prompt gave me the opportunity to write about my pediatrician, Dr.Elizabeth Torrey Andrews. In a weird coincidence, I googled her and discovered an obituary in the Reed College magazine, the college my younger son graduated from. Dr. Andrews was only a Reedie for one year (1923), then transferred to the University of Oregon, following… Read More

Communicate to encourage each other and share our experiences.  Read More

Sensory images congealing into a poem about my Grandmother's Maine Read More

The more computer savvy I became, the less contact I had with those little humans who mattered so much to me. Read More

I stood there in the heavy underbrush with tears in my eyes and a broken heart.... Read More

The Camper-Waitress Goes to the Fair The summer my friend Stephanie and I were too old to be a campers but not old enough to be counselors,   we worked as camper-waitresses at a children’s camp in the Connecticut foothills.   Stephanie and I went on to become life-long friends,  but a friendship cut too… Read More

We see lots of movies throughout the year; this year we even attended three film festivals, though many of those films tend to be foreign and never find distribution. We eagerly await this time of year when the “prestige” movies roll out. When I saw the Golden Globe nominees, I was reminded of some good… Read More

Frustration has been my strongest trigger, especially from interaction with systems I dislike. Read More