Day 2 Walla Walla to Meridian
Day Two I didn’t stay in Boise. Meridian is adjacent. The My Place motel was pleasant and easy to manage. Numerous small restaurants are just a stone's throw away. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant, which served margaritas in punch bowl-sized glasses. At the end of...
Day 1 Samish Island to Walla Walla
Day One Washington State is the 18th largest in the country, 71,300 square miles, and I traversed it today from the northwest corner to the southeast corner. The drop down from Snoqualmie Pass to the Palouse is always a stunner. The Palouse is beautiful. Its name...
Road Trip 2025
I was introduced to the road trip when I was twelve. My family lived in Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. One evening my dad took me aside and told me we would be moving to California. I was twelve, the oldest of five children. The reason for our...
Solitude
The devastation of a divorce in 2017 ended a forty-year marriage. That dislocation and the sale of our home precipitated a series of moves. First to a sweet apartment across the street from my former home. Then another move to a 700 square foot apartment—new and sexy...
BEING INVISIBLE
This essay was inspired by an excellent profile in the New York Times Magazine by Jordan Kisner about Frances McDormand the actor. In the article McDormand who is sixty, riffs on the post-menopausal life. She explores how as an actor she has had to search for...
Healthier & Happier
Now marking two and a half years on this beautiful island, it still enchants. I have planted a garden and harvested the produce. I have met wonderful friends and established our Crones Potluck which convenes monthly. I have entered into a rich and satisfying...
