Holiday Snow

In a place where snow is rare, a big snowfall like this can be a lot of fun.

Oh Christmas Tree

This Christmas I was spoiled when both Tara and Pedro came to stay with me.

Death is Complicated

We are all still living in the middle of a pandemic, and we are still figuring out ways to get through it.

Graduation and other updates

I am so late in telling you, but Tara graduated from college!!! Yes, in June my kiddo received their Bachelor of Science in Geology. I am very very proud of my baby for sticking with it and doing all the work to make it happen in the end. It took six years and there is […]

Into the smoke and out again

My brother told me that the skies over Montana have been swathed in wildfire smoke for a long time.

Bruce and Nephew

The speed at which she was ready to take me up on my offer and the multiple times she double-checked, “Do you really mean it?” let me know that I had offered a real gift.