Monthly Archives: August 2013

You’ve heard the adage, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Well, at seventy-six I believed I belonged to that category.But I wanted to learn to swim, and this summer tried to dispel that old saying. For many years … Continue reading →

News stories and store ads of back-to-school shopping remind me of the excitement I felt preparing for a new school year each September. My siblings and I had helped all summer on our small truck farm and so going back … Continue reading →

Last week five us had a mini-reunion in Monterey. It included two husbands and three of us “girls” who’ve been friends with one another since we were first graders in Hawaii seventy or so years ago. Our backgrounds were similar: … Continue reading →