Check this out most especially if you have thought of John McCain as a straight talker. It reminds me of the old Groucho Marx joke-- who yo...

Do you know you are old when you get a reduced fare at a movie theater? Is it when your hair turns gray or you lose it? Is it when younger p...

The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people. Anonymous When a friend, who I care for a lot, told me re...

Because I have wanted to put together a slide show of aging, using my own photos, I had hoped to find a program that would let me use music ...

These are depressing times. I am not sure why. Certainly worldwide disasters play a role in the upsets, but it's not just that. It's...

For quite a few years, the only big birds that lived in my valley were eagles, herons, hawks, ducks, owls, and ravens. Although I would gues...

When I read an article about how Barack Obama had a huge turnout to hear him speak last week-end at Portland, Oregon's Waterfront Park. ...

Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through the maze by intuit...

Suppose we all stopped accepting religion? Not just one religion. Not just that weird one across the ocean but all religions. Not governmen...

Recently I have found it interesting reading two blogs [ My Life and Church of the Churchless ] where the authors are writing, with adde...

Shoes might not be as interesting a topic to men as to women, but shoes have always been of interest to me. I almost never walk by the shoe ...

As I was stacking firewood last week, it wasn't on my mind that I would write about it or take photos. It's one of those jobs that I...

Whenever I have an interesting dream, I always wish I would also find how it applies to my life. Is my subconscious trying to help me see so...

It seems to me that we are bombarded with information but too often not enough to make really informed decisions. One moment something is go...

Wow! I almost hate to say I am excited for fear it will jinx it. This election has had so many ups and downs, but at the moment, it is looki...

Shearing a flock of sheep is not done for the profit in the wool at least not in our area. Ungraded wool brings in 23 to 27 cents a pound in...

Of all the things I love about the ocean, coves are my favorites. I have been in them on the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans and all of them...

Beltane, May 1, is the ancient Celtic festival of love, fire and fertility. This is the season of plantings and of new growth. The celebrati...