“IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG…etc.” It’s been a month. Caveat: If you’re not into long lists of woes, cut to the bottom. Sciatica—the mule kick-in-the-butt sort. I’m now well acquainted with my piriformis muscle that rubs the sciatic nerve the wrong way. Stretching...

Oh, it's a long, long while From May to December, But the days grow short When you reach September. When the autumn weather Turns leaves to flame, One hasn't got time For the waiting game. Oh, the days dwindle down To a precious few, September, November. And these few...

I LOST MY BROTHER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. Not my biological sibling who died in 1999. This is a different sort of kinship. When I married Jim Gustafson, his brother John Alfred came with the deal. To his family he was Al or Alfred. The rest of the world called him...

THINGS HAPPEN. Sometime we notice; sometimes we don’t. Here are some memorable events—notable only to me—that stand out sharply in my mind. My first horseback ride. I was seven or so, and the view from the back of a horse was far different from ground-side...

Some days are hardly worth getting out of bed. Doesn’t have to be anything dire; just the never-ending drip of frustration. These past two weeks brought a flood of computer glitches that kept me tight with techies. Nail down one thing, another pops up. How do...