I don't remember how I got on the mailing list for the Center for Writers and Poets.  I may have signed up when I went to hear Anne Lamo...

We sang this song at Heart to Heart: Every point of view has another angle, and every angle has its merit, but it all comes down to faith;...

As usual something spooky and interesting happened as I picked up my name tag at Heart to Heart.  The minute you get to Heart to Heart, inte...

Here's a radical idea -when someone accuses someone else of doing something bad without any evidence, where does he/she get the idea?  M...

Giving up or giving in is not the the same as letting go.  This is not an exact quote but is close to what Melody Beattie wrote in the lates...

After we won the lawsuit and the judge ordered the State to provide services in the community, we were too exhausted to actually celebrate. ...

You wouldn't think that someone like me would sue the State of Oklahoma on behalf of her foster children with disabilities - someone lik...

I love the titles of a couple of Alice Walker's new books:  "We Are the Ones We Have been Waiting For"  and "Hard Times R...

I just read an article in "Writer's Digest" - an interview with Alice Walker who wrote "The Color Purple."  I absolu...

It's election time again and I have to stop watching the news.  The craziness, the evil lies repeated over and over, the blind hate, the...

A friend of mine and I were leaving a meeting when she asked about a mutual friend. I said all was well if you didn't count a broken he...

Ever since we did the book study on the 6th and 7th steps, I keep having these revelations about my behavior patterns and the thoughts and f...

Such an irritating truth that I learned in the program and then have heard it in a lot of other places too. Anything I criticize or judge s...

Trip pictures - I love my digital camera. It drives Liz crazy when I do this with her in the car, but a lot of times I just stick the camera...

I actually got home last Friday afternoon, late. Since then I've been sleeping a lot, eating and generally doing not much. I think I...

Laundry done, Chinese in Colstrip, meeting at the Casino, sound sleep from 10:00 to 7:30 a.m. Packed and ready to go. Aiming for Cheyenne,...

Eric went to work yesterday before I got up at 11:00 a.m. I had a nap from 2:30 to 4:30 and after we ate dinner, we both went to bed at 6:0...

After leaving camp, we went to Jackson. Looked at the amazing Native American art at the visitor center, and then went to the art fair in J...

Yesterday was Yellowstone adventure - I suspect it is a completely unique place. According to the tour book, for 200 years explorers and ot...

I arrived in Lame Deer, Montana, yesterday about 6:30 mountain time. I had a smooth trip with almost no glitches . The scenery was beauti...