I am a person of the north – a four season type of person. Last month, I was enjoying the extended fall of glorious color ...

If it weren’t staying darker in the morning and getting darker earlier in the evening, it would be difficult to guess that these seventy degree ...

Today is the day I’m going to learn how to type while in my hammock. I see no reason to spend another minute inside the ...

Sister Donna was in her late eighties, intentionally untying herself from her many duties, when she approached me that day. Since I knew Spanish, would ...

And what a timely moment for their return! If you listen to NPR, you’ve heard a few newsy notes on the return of the cicadas, ...

May 17th, Syttende Mai, the Norwegian Independence Day, screams out to be recognized as I write this month. It represents a “northern” side of my ...

Immigration Vocabulary: 101 Migrant: “M” = Move (Around)Emigrant: “E” = Exit (Go Elsewhere)Immigrant: “I” = Incoming. (Move Into) Political Vocabulary Asylee: A person who is ...

It happened! After twenty-some years, area voters passed a referendum permitting the high school expansion to begin. Properties were purchased, existing houses were demolished pushing ...

Carnaval Mexicana and Cascarones   “It was a relief to dip down the mountain slopes into Mazatlán and find Carnival in progress.  There, Gregory saw ...