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Notes on A(nother) Move
Yes, you read that right. I’m moving. Again. This is number 16. By mid-August I will no longer be a

Florescence 2023, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Florescence 2023, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston April 26 and 27 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosted Florescence, a

Earth Day 2023—Seven Things We Can Do for Planet Earth
Earth Day started in 1970. I was 13 years old, in junior high school, and thought it was the oddest

Lightscape at Houston Botanic Garden
Lightscape at Houston Botanic Garden I attended the second annual holiday light show at the Houston Botanic Garden, Lightscape, on

Goodbye, 2022 and Hello, 2023!
Happy New Year to everyone! 2022 seemed like a fairly quiet, uneventful year, and I wasn’t sure what this year-end

My First 48 Hours in the Bahamas
Gail has not landed in a foreign country in, oh, about 5 years. Gail is quite rusty at going through

Second Chances Sometimes Lead to Miracles
As I do every Christmas season, I purchased a ticket to see a performance of Handel’s Messiah. This year because

History Through the Eyes of a Child
I recently had the good fortune to spend Thanksgiving with a few of my siblings in the Palm Springs area

My Five Proudest Moments
I was sent the following writer’s prompt recently by a leader in my writer’s group: “Think back through your life

Protecting Our Privacy Has a Cost. What Are You Willing To Pay?
Early in the spring of 2008, the Rockport, Texas Master Gardeners held their Hidden Gardens tour, where individual homeowners gave

Losing the Queen; Losing Our Mothers
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II this past week has me thinking about what it means to lose

Chased by Hurricane Rita: The Aftermath of a False Alarm
My boyfriend Craig and I made the move to Rockport, Texas in the spring of 2005 for the purposes of