When I taught high school English, Romeo and Juliet provided many an example of the oxymoron–a short figure of speech that has...

I am betting more people than normal will be using the word “grace” this week. “Will you say the grace?” After all, some kind of giving...

Yesterday I was in such a funk. Because of winds up to 70 mph, the power went off around 10:30 in the morning and remained off all day...

Do you feel you need a time out? As though you’re in a fast-paced game and there’s no break in sight for a rest? For direction? For...

Do you have a comfy chair for relaxing and reading or even writing? Years ago several writer friends and I drove to Reno for the day to...

Christmas is coming, and as I find myself making a Christmas list for my immediate family of 20, plus other family and friends, I...

was thinking about the typical kid sayings the other day when I took four of the grandkiddos to the dentist. It was a day of . . . Five...

I live in the largest alpine valley in North America: the Sierra Valley. At about 5,000 feet in elevation, the Sierra Valley is...

I never thought much of November when I was younger: all rainy and blowy and . . . plain. November strips away all of October’s pretty...