Waking up in the middle of the night, I felt a wave of ideas for another blog on politics-- when I was not intending to write another for aw...

Remember the old Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney song, Ebony and Ivory . It sang about how the keys of the piano "live together in per...

The early part of this week combined two things that I enjoy-- long time (very long time in this case) friendships and t he Oregon Coast. Pa...

Being away for a couple of days (some photos to come), I didn't turn on the news or attempt to find out what happened in Pennsylvania...

Because yesterday was Passover, it seems this is a good place to insert a post that I wrote last fall but didn't use at the time. Someti...

For me, it's not possible to complain about less than an inch of snow the last part of April. Well it would be. I definitely heard the s...

In this campaign, one of the differences has been in how Barack Obama has gone beyond suggested solutions to opening discussions into the so...

Last night, I have to admit that I did not watch the Pennsylvania debate on ABC because by now I have decided who I support based on issues...

I saw this on Nobody Asked who got it from... well, you get the idea. It is fun, light, good music, promoting small towns in Pennsylvania ...

(All paintings by Diane Widler Wenzel. Click on to enlarge.) When I first met Diane (who comments here as Parapluie and has the blog Umbrell...

Being in the Southwestern United States is always a good reminder of the fragility of cultures and how what might seem like cultural advance...

If you are a fan of Oprah's book club or have watched the online workshop with her and Eckhart Tolle, you might have already read 'A...

The last two blogs were really about poverty-- its roots and some of its results. What one thinks should be done-- or not-- often carries ov...

Saturday morning I was awakened earlier than I wanted from a dream. My heart was racing. It wasn't really a nightmare, I didn't thin...

When I was growing up, there was not a lot of money. I wore hand-me-down clothes and was glad to get them. A vacation was taken driving as f...

This week-end our son mentioned an anecdote about Barack Obama from when he campaigned in Oregon last week. My husband and I had missed hea...

Because I think so many people have their minds made up on political candidates right now, I haven't written about Hillary Clinton's...

Photography is my hobby, one I enjoy very much. After I have the photos though, then what do I do with them? Sharing adds to my enjoyment, a...

Before I post the last of the Arizona desert posts, I decided to cover one more aspect of sexuality and the United States as it seems to fit...