Rainy Days

It’s been pouring for two days and nights now. I think the drought is over. I had a lot of things on my to-do list today, but after a short walk with my dog, Rocky, in the cold wind, with purple clouds overhead threatening to dump more water, I climbed back in bed with a…

To See the Sea

I have always been fascinated by water.  When I was three, my sisters and I would put on our bathing suits, go outside, and dance in the rain.  A little older, we’d walk many blocks to the city swimming pool, where for a quarter we could swim all day.  I loved going to Pine Lake,…

John Denver

On Saturday my husband and I drove up to Park City to the Deer Valley Music Festival. The night’s performance was Take Me Home - The Music of John Denver. The concert was performed by Jim Curry on guitar, with his wife, Annie, also on guitar, and accompanied by the Utah Symphony with Jerry Steichen…

Alberta Beauty

Hey it’s good to be back home again, Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend, Yes, and hey it’s good to be back home again. John Denver had a way of combining words and music that moves my heart. In this song he describes exactly how I feel about my native land.…

Remembering Mom

Thunder and lightning and rain, oh my! Storms like these remind me of the stories Mom used to tell me and my sisters when we were little. Really, the thunder happened because the giants in the sky were bowling, and the lightning was when they got a strike. Rain happened when the old giant emptied…