Nature and Nostalgia
Feels like yesterday that I came home from work and my mother laughed saying I was making her crave donuts. Fried oil and powdered sugar clung to my hair, uniform, and shoes. It was the summer of 1985, a teen at my first job and after so many rejections I was just glad to be... Continue Reading →
Remarkable isn’t a word I typically use to describe a person. Especially someone I didn’t personally know. But over the last 50 years, I felt like I knew Betty White. She had that way about her. Her smile and that sparkle in her eyes. It wasn’t just the sitcoms and the game shows. It was... Continue Reading →
Wrapping up another year always makes me want to write a list. I look through my pocket day planner for the single words or phrases I squeezed into each month’s allotted square. Then, I handwrite a list of my accomplishments, no matter how small, into my journal. This year’s list is unremarkable: routine appointments, a... Continue Reading →
Photo by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com Photo by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com Star Wars was an experience. Not just a movie. So much of what I remember about Star Wars happened before and after the movie, as much as the movie itself. I was 10 when this came out. My older brother really wanted to... Continue Reading →
Karen M. Free 