There is nothing like being in the trees. Especially after a week looking after your confused elderly father in the hospital. Is it...

My father came back to life at 1:25am Sunday. It was before my son arrived from Texas and sister, from India. Dr. Chen - the ICU...

My sister keeps calling from India. She finally got a flight but won't get in till Monday morning. The ICU doc, a pulmonologist, had the...

Yesterday I received a group email from our writing instructor, a well known local journalist, and one of the kindest, most unpresuming...

I met Roger in the park near his home. He's the one who wanted me to come to his house for our second date, but I thought not. It was a...

Good thing I learned to type in high school, memorizing the keyboard without looking, taking test after timed test until my words per...

My Mexican ex-husband just called to tell me how alone he felt while attending the 15 de Septiembre Independence Day festivities last...

My life is an abundance of riches. For example, these little shoes I saw while walking my dog. Being awake and alert at 3am - due to...

The author of this week's Short Sunday Reads which appears in my inbox early wrote about sleeping in and missing her flight on the first...

The Queen died yesterday while I was at yoga. My heart dropped when I heard the news even though I'm not a fan of the royals. The last...