I got a hug from a stranger in Walmart today. It sounds weird and well, it kind of was. Let me back up a little to explain. I like to make jew…

I am an orphan now, and even at my age, as the mother of three children and grandmother to six, it feels strange – and sad. My mother was 99 y…

As the Fourth of July approaches, I find I am reflecting on previous Independence Day holidays. These memories seem to fall into three categor…

It has been a very random week, so this “diary” entry will be very random, too.

We have a lot of batteries at our house, just not the ones we need. Batteries are the bane of my existence at times. I don’t want an electric …

The sun pulls hard when it is finally spring. There is an energy about it that makes me think that I can do all those outside jobs I was glad …

It was the middle of the night, and we were barreling down Interstate 29 south of Sioux Falls, S.D., trying to beat a weather system on our wa…

At five o’clock, around the world, there is an uneasiness and darkness that shadows the earth. It is the bewitching hour that begs the questio…

I’ve taken up a new hobby – painting. Not what I should be painting, like the barn or the bedrooms, but painting that is a slap in the face to…