Today is my mother's birthday. She would have been 89. She led a good life, a hard life. She had such a lovely name, Genevieve. Her ea...

Virginia sat in the car staring out over the cliff, seagulls dipping back and forth on the breeze. She took the rest of her sandwich, broke ...

When I originally changed my name to Elizabeth, I chose it because when I looked up the meaning it said Elisheba meant a covenant between Go...

One time I visited a Psychic on the request of a friend who thought he was wonderful and I could benefit from a reading. Since I had recen...

Get a good book in my hands and I don't want to be bothered except to make a cup of tea, and a sandwich. You probably already know how t...

Once there was a little boy who watched the movie, "Jaws".  The next summer, his Mommy and Daddy took him to the beach by the ocea...

I stopped by Gateways ,  the largest metaphysical bookshop in the country, says the sign outside the door. Really? I didn't know that. A...

"Happiness. You deserve it. You have earned it. You get to have it and be present in this life, in this place, here and now." Th...

I just got an email informing me Writer's Digest has announced it's now time for their annual writing competition. I'm signed up...

Got Ink? Testing writing instruments demanding, desiring penmanship thirsting for new ink. Will it last long enough to finish what ...

I came across this article written by Dan Chiras of the Evergreen Institute discussing a way to help yourself decrease your heating and cool...

Not all California homes are properly insulated or weather worthy, especially if they are older. This is the type of home I live in. It is a...

Since I live in coastal California, the devastating cold weather that others in the country (in the world) experience through the winter is ...

Hey! Where's the spoon? Yield: 4 servings   ¾ lb Fresh asparagus                    2 c  Hot milk ¾ c Chopped onion           ...

To bring things up to date with the liver issue... The pancreas and liver scans are clear. I was even surprised to learn that I don't ev...