Remember a few weeks back when Lily, 9 and I were discussing our at-home plans for the new school year? School was the outcome of creative thinking, applied to my dread of the seasonal contraction of daylight. One thing I like about the fall is the start of the new...

  We did it! We’re back from 3 solid days of performing. That’s four of us: me, Lily, 9 and Matilda. We made it through 10 (count ‘em, 10!) hour-long performances in the course of 3 days, without the aid of a sound system.   The acoustics were amazing!...

We’re going somewhere! This is so exciting!! After being “in place” for months I have a valid reason to go somewhere else, a job in another town, a stunning 120+ miles south of Walla Walla. The hardest part about this block-busting four-day road trip? Calming down...

Yay, we’re going somewhere! For the first time in almost a year Lily, 9 and I are getting out of the southeast corner of Washington State and driving (hold onto your hats!) OVER 100 MILES to Baker City, Oregon. We’ll have another travel companion with us, Matilda...

These past few days I’ve noticed a cool, crisp bite in the morning air. Tomatoes ripen on fast-withering vines. Afternoons grow searingly hot, but. . .fall is on the way.   When I remember that I am “of a certain age” I resent the coming fall. I take it...

Since my annual exam (early July) I’ve been re-configuring my relationship with food. It was there that I expressed my concern that my weight has gone down a bit more during our current period of lock-down. Though I’m pretty sure this is due to doubling my customary...