Masquerade
Much has happened since the 1950s when television’s The Lone Ranger prompted the recurring question, "Who was that masked...
What We Owe Each Other
Last summer, as wildfires and air quality allowed, we drove our Teardrop to Montana, and that question, what we owe each...
Going Places Once Again
Since 2019, the world has become a very different place. From one-way grocery isles to plexiglass dividers between restaurant...
Cascade Valley Scenic Byway
Appropriately my Cascade Valley Scenic Byway excursion launched with cherry pie and coffee at Twede’s Café (aka the Double...
A Drop in the Ocean
By my mid-50s I had reached a point where I was working so hard under huge stress that I was afraid of leisure, afraid it...
A Pearl Harbor Secret
For some of us, the new tensions with China aren’t new. For all the ballyhoo about President Nixon’s "Opening of China,"...
Champions for the Arts
Marcie Sillman thought she had a great plan for the next phase of her life. After 35 years as a widely popular, on-air arts...
From Survive to Thrive
Retirement communities innovate to meet the challenges of COVID-19 In February 2020, Stuart Brown was out for a run when...
What Will Be Our New Normal?
There is a scene in the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously that haunts me. The movie is set in Jakarta in 1965. Indonesia...
Nothing Like Hugs for the Holidays
After nearly two years of social distancing, many of us long to touch and be touched. "On my walk today, I had a fleeting...
