“Reading” You never really miss something you take for granted until it’s gone. I can’t imagine not being able to hear music (which has always been important in my life) or not being able to walk about freely (also been… (READ MORE)
VOLUNTEER [noun] a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it. Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Funny, I always think of “volunteer” as a verb, not a noun,… (READ MORE)
“…, too.” Such a little word “too.” Sometimes it carries great weight as in the past few months attached to the “Me, too” movement. Sometimes it takes on questionable meaning like when you tell someone “I love you” and he… (READ MORE)
“Used to…” When I visited my father in his “senior living” situation, he told me he knew when a resident started the conversation with “Used to…” that he was in for a boring trip down memory lane of how the… (READ MORE)
2 Takes on 1 Hike I have always said that a journalist has incredible ability to slant a story. “I could make Hitler look good” has been facetiously uttered as an example, and as abhorrent as that reality is, it’s… (READ MORE)
Hattie McDaniel and Hazel Wolf – Stars Shine One Weekend Only March is International Women’s Month and two one act plays by playwright and author Rebecca Redshaw will be performed at Olympic Theatre Arts on March 9th, 10th, and 11th…. (READ MORE)
I started each class with the same speech. “I’m your teacher. I’m not an attorney or social worker. What you’ve done to get to this point is not my concern. I’m here to teach you for the next hour and… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents: Reflection I have it on good authority that the “eye roll” was perfected when Internet companies outsourced their tech support to India. Are you guilty? I confess I was when I was advised to call an… (READ MORE)
My tennis racket was sold at our last garage sale (and I mean, our LAST garage sale!) My racket was hard to part with because it was an admission that my knees could no longer tolerate the lateral pounding on… (READ MORE)
Sorting through old documents, I came upon this essay that I wrote sometime in the 90’s. I was tempted to edit or rewrite and then reconsidered. Even though it’s a bit long for this 140-character world of readers, I… (READ MORE)