Sometime in the early morning Samantha had a nightmare. She said it was about sharks. I had been having a nightmare until I heard her...

So much has been written about morning and evening routines. I heartily acknowledge they matter and that is why I am unhappy with my...

I am enjoying being part of a writing group. We set out some practices for ourselves this summer where we pick a word and then free write...

This is for everyone but especially the stay-at-home-moms and homemakers of the world: here is the oomph you need to thrive today. And...

"And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time." Ellie Wiesel in Memoirs Mr. Wiesel is an author and holocaust survivor. I'm...

There is a certain smell that can only be a river. Freshwater, pungent, earth-laced, mossy, cool, wet – all these can be tasted as I walk...

Dale and I had fancy drinks and sushi at a rooftop bar in Bellevue on Saturday night. It had been a dream of mine since I'd heard about...

This is the time for small. Not vast. Small. Like three or four pints of apricot jam, not twenty. Like a garden of one zucchini plant,...

Well, feeling the baby halfway through this pregnancy is awesome. I sit down in my bedroom reading chair and lift my big legs onto the...

One mid-July evening, when the jewel colors of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers and the hills of Douglas Firs sparkle their brightest, Dad...

I recently took a trip back to Indiana to visit family and friends. It was only my fourth time back to visit the land of my husband’s...

I set out to make 2019 the year of writing and of reading Shakespeare. I've been plugging away on my laid out plans to do just that when...

I’ve been musing over what I’ve been training my toddlers to do, and why. This is kind of a journal entry of sorts, marking for myself...

Recently a wise woman told me to ask more questions. I thought this great advice but I asked her why anyway. “It’s the only way to love...

I read this morning that some people write after they have a clear plan, and some write with no plan. For that second group, the plan...

We blow them, one or four at a time Rainbow balls bursting forth Sparkling in the sun What a treat to see your little lips puckering Your...

When I was a little girl I used to dance nearly every day. I spent hours with the CD player blasting Strauss waltzes or Tschaikowsky...

Once I was told this rule of thumb: How you end one thing is how you’ll begin the next thing. It might sound a little woo-woo, but I...

I have been recently re-immersed in my paternal family’s history. I’ve always loved the story of their immigration to Hoquiam, Washington...

It happens to all of us. We mean to stay inspired and we do, for a while. And then we get tired and suddenly we wonder, “Will I ever get...