I’ve joined the SlowTrav March Madness Bloggers. It’s crazy to attempt this with everything else I’ve got on my plate right now. But, there is something very fulfilling about committing yourself to a project that you don’t believe you can … Continue reading →
We learned yesterday that a friend lost his sibling in the earthquake. It’s not a distant, abstract disaster any longer.
Continue reading →It all began the day I found that from my window I could only see a piece of sky. It’s been more than two decades since I watched the movie and at least 10 years since I listened to the … Continue reading →
Another phone call. Early this morning. When I saw the telephone number on the caller ID I knew. D’s daughter was calling to tell us that her dad was gone. He died last night. “Peacefully”, she said. She was as … Continue reading →
I love my friends and neighbors. And I honestly appreciate that they want to include me in their circles of friendship. Why then, did a sense of dread wash over me, when the lovely lady across the street rang my … Continue reading →
Notice to all my Facebook connections: This is *Un-friend Deborah Week. If for whatever reason you would like to eliminate me from your feed, this is your chance for a free pass. I’ll be totally cool with it. Won’t hurt … Continue reading →
This weekend was the third annual FamiliesROC 5K Run/ 1M Walk for Ovarian Cancer Research. FamiliesROC was founded by the Jorgensen family to support their wife and mother, Brenda, in her fight against Ovarian Cancer; to raise money for research; … Continue reading →
It’s human nature, I think. We don’t consider the mortality of those we love. We somehow just expect them to all outlive us. Even when our family members are older than we, we are still capable of living our daily … Continue reading →
Most of the time our home has an atmosphere of cool, quiet calmness. Most of the time. But occasionally the quiet and the calm flee to a boring corner to hide. The entire house vibrates. The debris from a tidelwave … Continue reading →
Costa Rica has a well earned and well deserved reputation for commitment to conservation. This tiny country has the largest percentage of its land in protected parks and reserves than any other country in the world. Several years ago, we … Continue reading →