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The Backstory For “Saying Good-Bye to Houston" Off and on I’d thought about leaving Houston and returning to the Pacific Northwest where I’d grown up.  Then two things happened that made me decide that was the right thing for me to do.           First, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017.  Although my house was undamaged by the wind and untouched by flood waters, the damage from Harvey took its toll.            The air quality of Houston became increasingly toxic to a lot

Leaping feet first into new adventures makes me feel fully alive.  I love it! As I am nearing my 76 th year, alive is a great way to feel.  I’ve never been one to over think what might go wrong when deciding to take my life in a new direction.  When new possibilities have presented themselves to me, I’ve simply said, “Oh yeah!  Let me give that a try.”  I have done this often throughout my life, and overall, it has served me well.  (More about that in future blog posts.)    

The dresser in my room and the mirror behind it are covered with memory jogging treasures.  There are pictures of my parents and grandparents.  The oil lamp that sat in the middle of the dining room table as I was growing up, the sole remaining plate from my mother’s wedding china, the three girls on a sled, given to my mother by a neighbor when she was a little girl, around 1914.  Among all the items on my dresser the one that stands out to me the most today is my grandmothe

Here it is, 58 years later, and I’m finally realizing I’ve wasted way too much of my life by wanting to do this, wanting to do that,...

There have been times in my past when removing old, chipped nail polish and replacing it with a fresh, new vibrant color seemed like the...

I used to pick and choose what I wanted to hear.  Now that I’m older I’d have to get hearing aids if I still wanted to be that picky....