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A NEW BOOK- “The Log Home Years- One Couple Builds a Home From Scratch and Creates a Life.”
Scary “Hunters” in the Pa State Game Lands
It was Thanksgiving weekend last year. My kids and their spouses were home for the holidays. Besides our Native American tipi celebration, the moon was full, so of course, a full moon walk was in order. My kids grew up celebrating this largest phase of the moon in all seasons. … Continue Reading Scary “Hunters” in the Pa State Game Lands
Veterans Ask for Help and They Received
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
Deviation and Joy in the Time of Coronavirus
There’s Magic in Mosquito Bay
Google- Image of Mosquito Bay Everything has to be right for the magic to happen in Mosquito Bay, on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The bay has to have access to the ocean to bring in salt water, but the passageway to the open ocean has to be small enough to … Continue Reading There’s Magic in Mosquito Bay
It Only Takes One (or two) Believers
A Birthday Party Gone Bad
My extended family was getting together to celebrate my aunt’s 87 birthday. It was a big deal to have this sole- remaining matriarch still here leading our family in love and togetherness. We were meeting at Jumbo China Buffet for lunch, my aunt’s choice, which offers a huge variety … Continue Reading A Birthday Party Gone Bad
How Lyrics Can Steer a Life
An Unlikely Audience Can be One of the Best
As is the case with nearly every presentation that I give on my new book, The World is Our Classroom, someone in the audience gets the brilliant idea to have me come speak to their group. It can be any type of group for when you talk about life-long learning … Continue Reading An Unlikely Audience Can be One of the Best
BUILDING A BOOK
My husband looks at the stack of “free reading” books by my bed’s night stand: Afterwar, The Things They Cannot Say, The Untold War, etc. They look like the stuff of nightmares, not sweet dreams. He asks, “Aren’t you sick of it?” “What? Reading about veterans and their trauma? … Continue Reading BUILDING A BOOK
