I lost a very good friend last week ~ not a friend I called every day,  but a friend I enjoyed sitting beside and having a cup of tea.  My friend was  strong…

Ironically, this is my Alma mater! Lately I have been reflecting on the lost optimism of my youth, once such an integral part of who I was. Its absence disturbs me. I want…

I’m spending Mother’s Day with Mom, sitting beside her hospital bed. Three days ago she fell and broke her upper thigh bone, only a few short weeks after we moved her into the…