I remember two times as a child when water was at a premium, not in financial cost, but by a lack of water availability. The first place was...

If you have ever had an x-ray where they have you lie down on a table. having an MRI is a little bit like that except the "table...

Vera 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 it i...

I was living in Indiana from '85 to '95. During that time period, California was experiencing drought where my daughter lived. My ...

Around here it's called a Poor Man's Orchid. I've seen it also been referred to as Australian Fairy Iris. I like that! More co...

This all started with my observance of how I wash dishes. Was I wasting water? I thought so, but didn't know exactly. So I began to expe...

When we come into this world we act out as freely as we want to. As time goes by, we get messages from others that to freely express ourselv...

I visited the captivating garden of Robert Stoll in Santa Cruz. Originally from Brooklyn he came to California in 1951. Robert and his wif...

A friend of mine and her husband were talking about retirement. As a young woman she had cancer and learned to not delay living life to t...

I've been looking for a natural way to get better sleep. Prescription sleeping pills make me quite ill. So, researching the ingredients ...

In January 2016 I found loving homes for two of the darling little girl kittens I had fostered, and one, I selfishly kept as my own. His nam...

I've been going through some old photo albums and sorting last night. Oh my! I've never seen that picture of my family. It had me g...

When I was a little girl, living on Cayuga Island in Niagara Falls, New York during the late 1940s and early 1950s I had a best friend. H...

Grandpa was an amputee. He lost his leg while working on the railroad as a young man. When "coupling" two railroad cars together...

Someone I know posted something on Facebook that I found offensive. I was so angry, I posted a very careless sarcastic comment. The statemen...