From the Mountains above the Applegate River

            Yesterday, after more than a decade of not playing my guitar, I had a lesson from my former teacher, Ray ...

           Today is my sister Linda's birthday.  She's eighteen months older than I, and she has Lewy body dementia. She l...

            Before I made a trip to Eugene last fall, I decided I should have snow tires put on my highway car, the Ya...

 Today is my father's birthday. He died in 2005 at the age of 98 1/2, and I add the half year because it's as significant in the la...