Listening to veterans’ stories important part of history
You’ll never know instant scare until someone leaves you a voice mail message saying she’ll see you tomorrow but doesn’t say what day she sent the message. Is tomorrow actually tomorrow or is it today? Turns out, tomorrow was today, and that was even scarier. After being reminded about my agreement to talk to the Manson Women’s Club, I shot over to Manson on Monday to talk to those ladies — and they wanted to hear about Veterans Day. I can talk on almost any subject, but my Veterans Day stories always make me cry. A good speaker doesn’t snivel and cry when she’s talking, that’s for sure, but I gave in and talked about veterans anyway. Like my uncle, Don Hansch, who stood next to the last person out in that famous picture of Marines holding up the flag on Iwo Jima. He always wanted to tell me the story of the day he won a Purple Heart, but he could never make it past the sobs. He died before the story could be told.
» Full StoryAs time goes on, trouble with words not easy to fix
I seem to be having trouble with words these days.
That’s not a good thing for a writer.
Paying it forward is a real Random Act of Kindness
A bunch of years ago the universal idea of Random Acts of Kindness exploded onto the American psyche.
People bought coffee for the guys in the cars behind them at drive-throughs.
Visiting daughter won’t take kitchen cupboard stuff
Some days it’s impossible to stop a silly smile from crawling across my face.
It’s been there since last Sunday afternoon when I wrapped my arms around my daughter and held on for a good, long time.
Resource book, cookbook make living with celiac easier
Imagine the aroma of baking brownies drifting past your nose.
Not much smells better than that.
Imagine biting into a pepperoni pizza with extra cheese — pulling the cheese into strings as you drag it to your mouth.
Old black cape added to perfect Halloween costume
Just under three weeks remain until Halloween, and though I enjoy the whole idea of dressing up in odd clothing, they say I already do that.
You know the they. They — the people who say things.










