Mosi-o-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders), also known as Victoria Falls In 1986, I went to Zimbabwe on an Earthwatch Expedition.  About a yea...

One of my holdovers from my childhood is getting a new Easter outfit. Being one of five children meant not having a lot of money for clothin...

Shortly after Christmas, the television that we had in the living room died. It was not obvious at first that the problem was the televisi...

My grandparents, all 6 of them, came to this country from Italy shortly after the turn of the last century. While my maternal grandmother an...

In memory of Galveston's lost oaks When people around these parts decide to hit the beach, they usually go east to Alabama or Florida....

It's not what you call me, but what I answer to. ~ African proverb ~ So there's this blog I read, which has now split into two blo...

Poppy, the efficient kitty cat secretary Poppy is very ill. Ever since her surgery two years ago , she has been losing weight, and lately ...