Over the weekend I rewatched To Kill a Mockingbird, one of my favorite movies. I wish I could say, “Oh how far we’ve come since then,” and I would like to believe it, but the continued news of the racist Donald Trump having such a large following of American voters tells me otherwise. This is …
Before I get into what I’m working on now, in novel form, if you read my weekend thoughts about social media, I accidentally published them instead of saving them in draft while being very distracted on Sunday. I do have a lot of issues with social media, but a lot of it is a big …
Right now I’m dreaming of running and hiking at Cultus Lake in two weekends; we are tent-camping to celebrate our 10th anniversary, and then just over two weeks later we are gearing up for Ireland and guests (my mom will be traveling with us, and my husband’s mom will be at our place to babysit …
For Mother’s Day we visited Kamloops, where my husband grew up. He lived on a ranch when little, and the town and surrounding areas are quite beautiful. Kamloops in the winter often has snow and cold, yet the past few years have been much milder. In the summer it is hot and semi-arid, with coastal …
I took a running lunch break today and ran over to the Deer Lake trails and back. It’s about a mile there, a little more than a mile at the park (though I could run for longer if I had time), and a mile back. Just about a 3.3 mile run. I wanted to go …
If every weekend was as beautiful as this past one, my cup would be constantly running over with sweetness. Saturday morning we got up early to go to a garden sale in PoCo. I got a tomato plant and some herbs I didn’t have yet. Mostly, however, the garden is complete. I have turnips, leaf …
Yesterday I did a short two-mile run on an absolutely perfect day that was sunny and cool. I’m still feeling the disconnection from civilization that was brought on the other day, and found a hidden trail jaunting into the very green spring foliage, making me feel better, but I am also affirmed by many individuals …
The Lake Isle of Innisfree W. B. Yeats I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee; And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for …
Every year I write that, for me, Earth Day is every day. But this particular day marks the modern environmental movement, whose first Earth Day was in 1970. As an aside, the term eco-fiction began around the same time as part of the same environmentally conscious movement. Sometimes I think that we haven’t budged an …
The Sun Run yesterday was almost fun. It’s always great to see happy people. But after being shoved by a guy passing me on the left–and hitting my bad shoulder and arm–I was pretty sore and ended up walking some. It was also quite warm, and even Morgan said he walked a little. I was …