So This Happened

I’m delighted to announce that Velvet Undercover received an Oregon Spirit Honor Award from the Oregon Council of English Teachers. I am so incredibly honored. I am also excited for Fonda Lee, whose book Zeroboxer… was the winner! You can read about it on...

Remembering Dad

Today my family got together to remember my father who passed away on Memorial Day at the age of 98. We had a picnic, which is fitting, because dad was known to drop everything and travel for miles for a good picnic. While I was helping mom go through the storage a...

On Returning to School, Doubts and Affirmation

So a while back I posted a bucket list of things I want to accomplish in the final third of my life. One of those things was to get a master’s degree and teach college level writing, English or history. Of course, that brave young woman, (I wrote it in April, I...

The Final Third: Guest Post with April Henry

So one of the things I would like to do in my final third is learn a martial art. I really don’t know much about them except it looks like a really cool, tough way to keep in shape. It also addresses the things that all of us in our final third should all be...

The Final Third: Part 7

This final third blog series is basically me outlining what the last years of my life is going to look like. It has helped me clarify my own personal goals and serves as a reminder of why I’m doing what I’m doing. So while it may look like I’m...