Viva Fiesta!

Viva Fiesta!

  It’s a “PARTY WITH A PURPOSE!” That’s the subtitle to a ten-day celebration called “FIESTA!” I just returned from an RV road trip to San Antonio, Texas with two friends, Suki and Lee, where we experienced...
7 Steps to Sanity in a Crazy World

7 Steps to Sanity in a Crazy World

“Take a brake!” (No, it’s not misspelled.) It’s a line from the Christmas movie, Polar Express. Remember? The Hobo Ghost riding the train taps the brake with his mug as he shouts to the Hero Boy, “Take a brake!” The Hero Boy and his friends are...
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

The brightly colored baskets are put away. Most of the eggs on the lawn have been discovered, until the lawn mower crunches them the next time we mow. The Easter clothes are relegated to the back of the closet. The chocolate buzz is winding down. And the family has...
What’s the Point of Easter?

What’s the Point of Easter?

  Are your eggs in your basket or still on the lawn? Too often, I think, we want to scatter our eggs around to “cover our bases.” And like an Easter egg hunt, we discover one egg under a bush, another by a tree and two or three in the middle of the...
What’s in Your Basket?

What’s in Your Basket?

Have you put all your eggs in one basket? I have. I’m thinking ahead to Easter and eggs and bunnies and flowers and, of course, bees. It’s Spring. Yellows, pinks, lavenders, blues and greens are crowding out the grays of winter and brightening our...