Where Is Home?

Home is where our memories are. We mostly think that it is among our family, but it is also within a certain place. I have lived in a few other places besides my hometown, yet it is in Visalia I have developed my sense of home. I think of all our family events that took […]

One Wide Grey Line With Fuzzy Edges

One of the most difficult things I have faced in recent years is coming to realize that much that I thought or hoped was clearly a black or white; either/or issue was more realistically like a friend once described as “a wide grey line with fuzzy edges.” Politics, religion, and every other topic we can […]

Marathon Of Life

“Some people have their marathons to train for, their mountains to climb, their planes to jump out of. I have my own list, and it is about time to begin.”   I wrote that almost a decade ago. Oh, fleeting time…   I must have been a bit jealous of those who appeared to live […]