My husband and I are familiar with only a few of the accommodations available for staying overnight on the coast. We usually look for a room with a good view of the ocean and a path to the beach. On our last trip, rather than go to one of our usual spots, we decided ...
When I was a young person, I moved to Los Angeles, California, with my two sisters. After we arrived and found an apartment, we needed to find work. I discovered that I needed more skills to get a job, so I enrolled in school and learned to operate a telephone...
My family raised chickens when I was growing up. There were times in the early spring when I would hear a little chorus of “cheep, cheep,” and upon investigation, find that some of our hen’s eggs had hatched. The little...
A former family doctor of ours is now ninety-two years...
One day I decided to go shopping at a variety store not too far from my home. I was merrily driving through the parking lot when I saw a car coming toward me. I did not think too much about it until I parked my car in one of the spaces, and suddenly a man...
The other day, I answered a phone call meant for my sister who was out of town. I hardly recognized the voice on the other end. It was my uncle calling to thank her for an article she had written about his late...
Every Saturday morning, I tune in to a local talk-radio station and pick up advice from “The Garden Doctor” and “Mr. Fix-it.” I try to put all the helpful advice I hear to good use. When my children were very young, I would ask other mothers for advice on potty training ...
As I prepared to go on vacation, I tried to make sure I was packing everything my family would need. The checklist I had prepared weeks in advance made the process of packing very efficient. I did not have to stand around trying to think of what might be...
I used to live in a part of the country where irrigation was necessary for crop production, and ditches were an integral part of the system. Water flowed along a main artery and into a network of smaller branches that carried the water into every part of the field....
My sister and I were at McDonald’s for a breakfast biscuit and coffee. While waiting for our order, a man who was also waiting started talking to me. He began by asking my age! Can you imagine a total stranger asking a lady her age? I had turned seventy-three only a few weeks before and felt blessed to have...