Last Saturday Lily, 9 and I went to Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days. The fair is fun in and of itself, of course, but this year we were also discharging two special missions as requested by friends:   Visit the Walla Walla Country Rural Library’s bookmobile...

On the night of August 30, 2023, the sky was graced with a gorgeous “blue moon,” the second full moon in the calendar month. I happened to snap a highly unsatisfactory picture of it:       A blue moon is a rare astronomical occurrence, and this week’s...

Don’t panic: the four of us are not homeless. Lily, 9, Hoosegow and I will not be sleeping in the Subaru at a rest stop or showing up with a request to crash on your couch for a few days while we figure out what comes next. This blog is about homelessness in...

This week has been a whirlwind! Not only have I had to cleverly fit in all outdoor activities to early morning and evening hours due to the current heat wave, it's also book launch week. Book lunch week? Not lunch, 9, launch. This is the week book four in my...

Hey, I learned something new this week! It’s possible I’m the last person on Earth to hear about glimmers. That is, emotional glimmers.   It was news to me, too.   Duh, Lily, we’re all the same person.   Duh? 9, you have a better vocabulary than that. I...

Most things don’t happen when you think they will, especially if you haven’t sent out invitations. Some things happen early, like getting the first Walla Walla snowfall before Thanksgiving. Other things happen late, and lately it seems many things happen late. You...