Suprise Me

I have written my own Journal of the Plague Year in five chapters. I'm thrilled that this fifth chapter is the last! Read More

Losing a pregnancy is a very low time in any woman’s life. I’m writing to tell you that you survived, and you thrived. Read More

  Part I   The Prelude We were living in Scotland for almost a year when I discovered that I was pregnant.  Robert, had been moved to Edinborough by his company to  run one factory in Scotland.  We were excited.  I don’t think either of us had spent time in Europe and we both liked to… Read More

Never before or since have I been freaked out ... and utterly captivated at the same time. Read More

Kids! Try this at home! Read More

The old variety shows had something for everyone. If you didn't like one act or segment, there would be another in minutes. Read More

I met Ellen in the summer of 1968 when we were both working at the McCarthy for President national campaign headquarters. Read More

"This is the weirdest, most interesting group of people I've ever encountered," I thought. "I fit right in!" Read More

(This story was originally written for the prompt: Changed My Life). As described in Over-Educated, Under-Qualified, I did a lot of data entry on my first job out of college. My title was “Program Librarian”. After entering the handwritten code from the programmer, either into card decks via a key punch (VERY old-fashioned), or typing into… Read More

I’m writing this because somebody asked me about faith and I don’t have any. Read More