Kite Flyer
Susan is a professional kite flyer. Her day job is computer programming. I met her last week at a retreat we put on for a client on the southern Oregon coast. Susan said she took up kiting at age 40 and fell in love with it. She became a pro and that first year became [...]
In the Lobby of the B&B
I first heard Lynda Cole sing, spontaneously, in the lobby of a Bed & Breakfast. Her lack of inhibition was the first thing that impressed me, and her passion was the second. Her voice is very unusual – deep and resonating, almost more like something you would hear echoing across a lake than like the [...]
The “Missing Jar”
Last weekend I was in my youngest daughter’s kitchen, nibbling some appetizers in anticipation of the real meal that was on its way. My granddaughter, Allison, age six, came in carrying a tall clear plastic “jar” with a brushed silver lid. Inside were three small pieces of torn paper, each dated and bearing an image [...]