News and Ruins

News and Ruins

New products! I’m now selling greeting cards six to a box, with a mix of color and black & white, for $19.95 plus shipping. Email me to place your order. Other news: I placed third in a photography contest, and there was even a prize! I’m thrilled. (I...
Winner

Winner

Funerals bring up other feelings in addition to sadness. With Grandma there was a sense of relief, which seems unkind, but it’s not. She’d been mostly sad and lonely since her husband died four years ago, and her health was terrible – she was...
Nebraska

Nebraska

I’m back from Grandma’s funeral, which was beautiful. All the kind wishes, shared stories, and outpouring of love showed just what an impact she had not only on her family, but on the community. To get to South Dakota from New Mexico, you have to drive...
Going Home

Going Home

My grandma, my mother’s mother and my last living grandparent, died yesterday. She was 93 and passed on peacefully in bed after a good, long life. (This, after my friend’s death last week. Sad.) She was a devout Catholic of Bohemian descent (her sisters...
As If I Needed To Prove My Motto

As If I Needed To Prove My Motto

It’s been a rough week. It’s actually been a rough few months, with three family members on their way out of this world, and two of those three with illnesses taking them much too young. Then this Saturday, my good friend and fabulous poet was killed in a...