More than a decade ago this page was a crutch as I limped through parenting a lot of kids…and then one day I just stopped writing. I don’t remember why. Maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Or maybe life defeated me in ways I didn’t want to explain and so I just…didn’t.
To see what I’m writing now, click on my SUBSTACK. Follow along. Let’s see where this goes.
Latest Stories
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Life On A Boat
Last night some random stranger invited my niece Amy and I on an evening boat ride around the Ventura, California Harbor. Sure, complete stranger on a dark and secluded dock, I’ll get in your boat and float away to who knows where…that seems smart. And so I climbed aboard. (Hey, he was wealthy, attractive and…
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The Sinkhole of Depression
I don’t know when it started, for sure. The feeling of not feeling. A few months, maybe more. But without warning, without any clear signs it was even happening, I lost myself for a while. I don’t remember when I stopped being me. Or exactly when everything dimmed. Just suddenly, I was dark. But nothing…
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Dads…Who Didn’t Have To Be
Dan and our girl about ten years ago… It’s after midnight, which makes it Father’s Day, and one of my old foster kids just sent this message: “can u tell Dan happy fathers day plz and think u i miss u all love u Keri.” It’s been nine years now since she was ours. My…
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Remembering The Backwoods
Ever since we left Alaska to winter in California a couple weeks ago I’ve been getting message after message… “What about the cabin? Are you going back??? The cabin. My nemesis. My love. It strikes me I’ve not written the details of how our place works and maybe I’m a tad homesick. So here…
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Just Another Scenic Sunday 08-04-2013 –
They say you never really know your area until you have company…or at least that’s what it seems. This past two weeks my oldest daughter, Heather, and her boyfriend, Andrew, have been visiting from Oregon. SO we are playing touristy and seeing the sites. These pictures come from our ferry trip across from Homer to…