I’m happy for you if you’ve visited a hospital emergency room and have nothing but words of praise regarding the facility’s efficiency and expediency. I wish my story were just as happy. First, let me say that I’m certain the majority of emergency… Continue Reading
“It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.” Florence Nightingale
Later this week I will publish my spring cooking-class schedule. I’m open to suggestions.
“I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.” Daniel Boone
Yesterday the Record Searchlight newsroom heard the news that Jim Dyar, the Record Searchlight’s D.A.T.E. editor for eight years, is quitting. What a loss for the Record Searchlight. What a loss for readers. What a loss for the community. What a good thing… Continue Reading
Time goes so quickly that I sometimes find myself thinking I’ll do something — such as plant a lilac bush — and then the prime time passes, and oops, it’s too late. I hate to admit how many years ebbed and… Continue Reading
“Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands and then eat just one of the pieces.” Â Judith Viorst
“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” ~ Eskimo Legend
There’s no telling how long the small brown cardboard box sat in the weeds before Darbie Henry of Redding found it last month. But Darbie, who spotted the box during a walk with her dog, figured it couldn’t have been there too long… Continue Reading
More than a week ago an Igo neighbor, someone I call the Hummingbird Whisperer, sent an e-mail. She’s become my Igo outdoor mentor. She tells me what plants I shouldn’t even consider, lest I want to feed the deer. She… Continue Reading
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