July Quilting Reading Club
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone, washing her
June 22, 2025
Before Silent Bob…
Hard to believe that at the end of this month I will have been a widow for five years. (Just so you know, I can’t
January 3, 2025
Walking Mother to the Gate
“You are a good woman,” Mother whispers as I lean close. “Why are you telling me this,” I say to her, not quite teary, because
May 3, 2024
A Little Valentine Story
Picture a second grade class, decades before now. There were rotary telephones with party lines (which meant that sometimes you had to wait your turn
February 14, 2024
Marriage vs Widowhood
On this day, 50 years ago, Silent Bob and I married. On January 31, 2024, I will have been a widow for 4 years. It’s
December 28, 2023
18 years
On this day, eighteen years ago, at this time, Silent Bob and I lay on a bed in a Grand Junction hotel room, our grief
October 20, 2023
Swing Me Around
“Janet, stop jumping around and doing cartwheels in the house.” That was my dad, his temper often intensified by the hangovers and headaches that regularly
August 28, 2023
The Scorpion Tale
At this time in 1978, just two years in advance of what will be the hottest summer on record, I was in the hospital, laboring
August 11, 2023
A PSA on October 20, 2022
This is a pubic service announcement about grief. If anything in this world is true, it’s the reality of grief and that it’s a part
October 20, 2022
Steam
My men were all out for the evening. I figured I could make them proud of me. Amazon had delivered the replacement for the failed
September 12, 2022
Chlorine and AI
We have a pool. Which is a very usual thing to have in Houston. We’ve had that pool for almost 40 years and with the
August 11, 2022