Last week’s conversation was about hubris. This week I’m exploring another vocabulary-building word: hiatus.   According to the online dictionary Oxford Languages, hiatus (noun) is “a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.”   What sequence, series...

I am in the last two days of rehearsal for Sister Catherine of the Sisters of Providence, my new Living History presentation, launching at Fort Walla Walla Museum this Sunday at 2 P. It’s probably impossible to portray a Catholic nun without giving some thought to...

Sometimes my blog topics come from profound truths. Like this week, for example. Yes, I’m talking about coffee.   Frankly, I prefer tea.   Frankly, Lily, how would you know because you’ve never tried coffee? Our first experience happens sophomore year of...

Hi! This week I’ve felt really disoriented, and at last I’ve figured out why: I’ve been living in too many alternate realities! It has to do with work.   What, no astral projection?   Have your laugh now, Lily. I can confirm you will have that type of...

Sometimes I think really big thoughts. That happened this week, when I took two pictures of the same sunrise a few minutes apart. What profound wisdom* sparked from this activity? The appreciation that even a short amount of time can bring dramatic change.   I...

On I toil with revisions to Justice in Big-G City. A draft suitable for submission to my editor/publisher is so close I can taste it! Full disclosure: it tastes like paper and ink. As part of this final push, I have employed a nifty editing tool called Search and...