Women in the Workforce in the mid 1960s

I became a woman in the 1960s. By the age of 25 I was one of the rarities for the time in that I was divorced and had two young sons to raise. Divorce was very much frowned upon. Women were suppose to...

Nowadays, do you still believe in unconditional love?

We read of unconditional love given by Christ, Mohammad, Buddha, Gandhi, Dali Llama, Mother Theresa, other prophets, saints and holy people. Is it then only people of God who understand and practice this...

To my Granddaughters

You belong to a family of strong women, my dear granddaughters. Back a generation or two, we were the women whose husbands went off to the Gold Rush leaving us to tend to the home and children in the old west. We did it all. Grew the crops,...

Marathon Man Revisited...Ouch!

Marathon Man is a 1976 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman. The film was directed by John Schlesinger. The torture scene with actor and star of the film, Dustin Hoffman,...

Finding Home

Here I am, again in foreign lands. It seems that every 7 years I must make a change. Usually a drastic one in my life, to my life. After nearly 7 decades I've learned to accept this about myself. Raised in a...

Our obsession with eating - food

First, it is imperative that I state that I love to eat. I love food. Its taste, texture, looks and the way it makes me feel. Well now this is the problem for me, isn't it? I don't seem to control my food...

Horrors of Psychiatric Care in the 21st Century

Our Odyssey of 40 Years In telling our story, my son, Doug, and I; it must be stated that this is a personal experience with conclusions and suppositions drawn by me from experiences of 40 years....

Animals Gave Me My Best Education for Living Life

Life by the Seat of My Pants

Born and raised in a mid-sized Western Oregon valley community in the 1940s and 1950s provides me with incredible childhood memories. Five or six year old blue eyed me, knobby, skinny kneed and barefoot, dress and blond hair flying behind me as I...

Nomadic

I am a nomadic, a gypsy soul wandering this universe once again and perhaps the next. Roaming and roving, gathering new experience, sights and sounds. Rolling through this time, last time and next. It's name is wanderlust. Restless feet ever moving...