[A joyous welcome to my new friends from Texas and New England who are joining us here today after our events together the past two...

It was a chance encounter. And then again, maybe not. Some years back, Mike and I were vacationing in the Smokies not far from the place...

Don’t do it, they say. Don’t splay your spleen on the internet because you’ll be sorry later. You’ll think better of it – of her – when...

The oxygen machine has been switched off, its bellows silenced. Nothing stirs the air now but the silvery notes rising faintly from a...

A mermaid has no tears, and that makes her suffer all the more. Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid Are you a frequent crier,...

Storm’s coming. Arrived back in the States two weeks ago already, in high spirits to be home yet wishing to still be there. Not...

How would you feel if total strangers wandered through your backyard, enjoying the view and picking blooms and berries while they were at...