Fear is a very powerful emotion. When I thought I saw a cougar last fall as a friend and I walked our dogs, I felt fear rise in me. I began immediately thinking about how I might escape from the

It happens every evening. My pup is curled up sleeping peacefully. It’s the last outing so I gently call his name. No response. “Time to go out,” I say. His eyes open and close again. “Dudley!” Again, no response. I

My pup and I don’t always go out for our walk. Sometimes the weather is hateful. The wind, mixed with sleet and rain, is beyond what I want to experience, so we wait. There is an expression I’ve heard about

For the first time in my life, I, along with everyone else in our world are experiencing a pandemic. It is almost surreal, yet as each day goes by there is no denying that it is really happening. As bad

Walking my pup this morning and thinking about my first winter trip away to Florida, a sentence came . . .

I’ve heard three people use the word “hell” this week due, I believe, to troubles they have been hit with. Extreme situations bring out . . .

It’s that time of year. I can tell. Something is changing … yes the weather, but that’s not what I mean. Strangers start to talk . . .

Not feeling well, I lay on my sofa and heard the sound of the washer going through the . . .

My grandson found a tiny garter snake in the church the other afternoon.  “Where did you find him?” I asked, as he . . .

I was with my grandchildren and we were getting ready to go out when they remarked on how they liked my leather jacket. “I like both of yours too,” I said, “but, mine is not leather.” “Neither is mine,” they