Tag Archives: Arizona

Long Distance Equals Losses

Visits home from California and Arizona usually center on crisis – coming home to help with medical needs or attending a funeral.  So, when my sisters visit this time, just to spend time with mom while things are stable, it … Continue reading

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We Pay for Living with Blood

Sitting in my favorite cane-backed rocking chair in front of the open screened window enjoying the view of the lake, I feel depressed.  It has been a colder-than-normal winter and now it is a wetter-than-normal spring and I long to … Continue reading

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A Change of Seasons

Descending sunlight bounces off the yellow gold leaves of the ash tree in our backyard.  Assorted leaf debris and pinecones litter the green grass, lush from recent rain.  Today’s early evening sky is clear, cloudless and the temperatures are mild, … Continue reading

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