After seeing many videos of my niece Marie (a  Senior in high school) and my Godchild/Nephew George (a Freshman in high school) I finally saw them last night rocking out on the high school field.       …

    When you live in a foreign country rather than the one you know as home, there are certain things you expect will be different, unusual, far from the norm of what you are accustom to. Those big things…

    Back home with family. Every Monday night my mother makes a feast for her family, last night there was eighteen of us. No dishwasher, it is a choice, when I was growing up it bugged me, now I…

  It is odd to be at home and not feel well. A blessing in the silence. Listening to the clock tick, watching the leaves tumble from the trees that surround my mother's house, eating pomegranates with juicy red luscious-ness…

  Home. Caught a bug on the ride home. Should have worn a mask. Haven't been able to visit anyone really, cause who wants to get this bug? Chelsea comes to Willows this evening, gee I hope I feel better…

  Repost from 2009: I have been down with a bad cold… so until I get my energy back: At the first ray of light the farmer sets out for work, rice harvest is in full swing in the Sacramento…