Where I’m From

I’ve spent the past week in a gorgeous historic house on the south Whidbey Island banks of the Saratoga Passage … Continue reading Where I’m From

In Search of My Mother’s Garden

The house is not the only place that needs to be cleaned out, or where I search for my mother. … Continue reading In Search of My Mother’s Garden

I’m spending Christmas at a friend’s wee place on the edge of Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula. The Olympics … Continue reading The First Christmas without My Mother

I bought a new laptop last week. The woman who assisted in the Seattle store was nearly my age, as … Continue reading Technology Is a Foreign Language

Today is the 75th anniversary of my parents’ marriage. They only got 51 of those years together. They met as … Continue reading Happy 75th Anniversary

I’ve been thinking for some time it’s been too long since I saw my neighbor and one of these days … Continue reading Notes from Three of Earth Farm: Stopping by the Woods

As I stand in the window this Thanksgiving morning and watch the sky change minute by minute, tears slide down … Continue reading Gratitude and Grief

Thank you, dear readers, for this space to pass on two blog posts I’ve read this week about how we … Continue reading Be the Light: We Can Make a Difference

Her obsession, and it could only be called that, with writing about her mother’s life both flummoxed and exasperated my … Continue reading Daughter Off Duty: Still Learning

There’s a new post on Daughter on Duty: my mother’s memorial service. If my mother’s celebration of a life well … Continue reading A Life Well Lived