The Bizarre, Beautiful Mix That Is Family

Published in The Ferndale Record-Journal, September 23, 2009
Not long ago, on a small stretch of beach along the central Oregon coast, I gathered with the people that have known me the longest.
For a couple of days we caught up with the old and plunged into the new. We welcomed family members we’d never seen before, [...]

One Day In September

Published in The Ferndale Record-Journal, September 9, 2009
It might have been sunny that Saturday morning in September of 1980 but I don’t remember for sure.
All I know is that I wanted to get to the hospital so the baby wouldn’t be born on the bathroom floor, like the last one almost was.
This was my third [...]