How to Make a Rainbow Out Of Motherly Love

How to Make a Rainbow Out Of Motherly Love

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” -Maya Angelou My daughter loves rainbows, so I want be forever arching with colors for her. She doesn’t yet know that rainbows are more...
Are Your Memories Real, Even When Disputed by Family?

Are Your Memories Real, Even When Disputed by Family?

Dueling Memories I’m back in Montana with family. One of our favorite pastimes is to recount old stories and memories of our late relatives, those loveable yet fallible characters that came to Montana for homesteading, gold, and other adventures.  Of course, because...
Five Reasons to Get to the Mountains NOW

Five Reasons to Get to the Mountains NOW

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” John Muir As soon as we approached Auburn on the I80 and saw the Sierra mountains in the distance, something happened.The stress that had been...
How to Survive a Red-Blue Thanksgiving

How to Survive a Red-Blue Thanksgiving

This election isn’t just dividing the nation into red and blue color maps-it’s fracturing families along party lines, just in time for the holidays. Many of my friends in San Francisco are dreading Thanksgiving, usually a time of family merriment and togetherness....