A Cowgirl At Heart

I’m back from my New Mexican adventure with Ms. Finny. We hadn’t seen each other since September and yet with the first embrace at the airport, we immediately fell back into place. I quickly got the feeling she’d packed a four leaf clover. Rental car...

Sending Goodwill to Mozambique

When I was a kid, there was a television program in Phoenix called “The Wallace and Ladmo Show.” Wallace and Ladmo did all kinds of silly skits in front of a live audience of school children. At the end of each show, each kid received a brown paper Ladmo...

Childhood at 27

Part of the joy of visiting my parents is being taken care of. They pick me up from the airport, shower me with attention, take me to eat at their favorite restaurants, tuck me in at night and eventually drive me back to the airport. I sleep 12 hours a night without a...