Real life happens. I have overall tried to keep my blog somewhat independent of what goes on in real life.  I have done so for most of the past 3 1/2 years, but I am tired now.  My obsession with keeping enough of you visiting is not strong enough...

Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented blog rally to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes. It was a great success, with over 100...

Dear Influenza Vaccine: I am sorry to be so formal, but using your pet name, “flu shot”, doesn’t seem appropriate in a letter like this.  I am also sorry to be writing this letter; I don’t want you to be hurt and I don’t want others to think bad of...

There once was a llama of gold Whose image was one to behold The bloggers did love it And unwaveringly covet So to the new contest entrolled A haiku is sort-of a poem Though many who read them don’t know ‘em The rules are unbending From start...

Breast cancer makes me quite emotional. My mother and two of my sisters have had breast cancer; all were picked up with mammograms.  A good friend of ours was diagnosed in her forties with aggressive breast cancer through mammography.  She is...