WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES WITH ELLEN BASS TRUTH AND BEAUTY May 28 - June 2, 2013 Taught by Dorianne Laux, Marie Howe, and Ellen Bass Mabel Dodge...

I'm hoping these plants will help protect my garden from a Gopher. I did a search for "what gophers wont eat", and these are...

I've been thinking about how to get rid of my unwanted garden guest. What if I had plants that the gopher didn't like? What if he or...

 I have a gopher in my garden, or perhaps two or three. I don't know. I've never seen the little buggers, but there sure is plenty o...

Genevieve Deane 1953 Niagara Falls, NY Dear Mom, I keep having all these little mini conversations with you in my head as I go about ...

Photo Art by Elizabeth Munroz Evade your eye. Try to see as others do what is desired or refused. What went wrong. Or right, then...

Big Sur Coastline, California Highway One facing north near Bixby Bridge Photo by Elizabeth Munroz THE WRITING LIFE February 8 - 10, 20...

"Oh, No!" She cried in the midst of her dream. Oh No! awakened her, without the memory of why the foreboding and despondency wa...

I’m so hot and sweaty. It’s so stuffy in the car. We are so cramped and have been traveling so long. I hate the desert. It feels like the s...

What Marriage is Not  by Elizabeth Munroz These are my opinions based upon 65 years experience and more than one legal marriage. My...

Once upon a time there was a little boy who wanted a pony. He asked his father. His father said OK, when I get the mony. Good said t...

Dear Mommy, I miss you. I went to Judy's house and to Ricky's house. I stepped on a nail and I had to have a tetanus shot. I g...

I love to give out Two dollar bills.  I had a stash of them I'd been saving for family Christmas gifting. I usually put them i...

Descendants of Jan Jansen Brouwer 1   Jan Jansen Brouwer ........ 2   Adam Berkhoven Brouwer 1624 - 1692 .............. +Magdal...