A bizarre thing has been happening to me for the past two weeks. It started the evening of April 6, when I attended Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at the local Cineplex. This movie genre is known as kaiju, a Japanese word meaning “strange creature” (or, for our...

Week two of Writing for Wineries class and I am swamped with homework! Well, maybe not swamped, but I’ve hit an impasse on a discussion question that asks us to identify “taglines” and “elevator pitches” in this year’s Top Ten Super Bowl commercials.   Is that...

Wine writing. It’s a type of business writing at heart. Lily, 9 and I begin the ten-week journey of learning a new skill for our writer’s tool kit. Worth exploring in a valley with over 130 wineries. . .

Walla Walla, WA, ten days into spring. Temperatures are moderating to highs in the 50s to 70s and there's not much rain in the extended forecast. In just six weeks, it will be our average last frost date- -time to plant seedlings!   They’re still pretty little,...

Hear ye, hear ye! Strength training boosts longevity, especially in women!   This week, a recent study made the national news. Women who do strength training two to three times a week not only build muscle, they also experience increased longevity and a lower...

Soil. According to several online sources and science in general, it’s not the same thing as dirt. Dirt is a subset of soil. Dirt lacks the microbes- -fungi, bacteria, etc.- -needed to make plants grow. This spring, Lily, 9 and I are once again in the business of...