This morning dawned blue-grey. All of the trees are black against the snow. More snow is predicted today and tomorrow, and the flakes float down, are eddied about by the wind. A soft glow of lit windows casts light and shadow on the deepening snows. All there is, is silence... no bustling cars driving by, intent on places to be, no folks yammering in the street, no birds chirping... the deep of winter has come at last.

Sasha the Afghan sits by the window, her blonde and touseled bed-head...

I've been gliding for a while now but yesterday was particularly fun.


It started as a routine excersice. Take off, practise getting out of a few stalls, do the circuit and then practise using the brakes to land.

At around 1000 feet, I practised how to recover from a half-spin. First the instructor showed me and then I got to try. He got the glider into a stall and when we entered the spin, I quickly recovered. How do I describe the way I felt at the time? Well,...

Change...6 letters that mean so much and make such a big difference in our lives. 6 small letters, one big, scary idea.

Change can be good and it can be bad. Right now America has experienced some change. President Obama is officially our President and he seems to be vastly different from President Bush. Many people think that this change is a good one, while others dread the change that has come to D.C. Only time will show us whether it was a good or bad change.

We...

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***This is a post I wrote back in 1997, and I was reading it not too long ago, and thought I'd post it here.***

What does it mean to be an American? It means that I have many freedoms, I have so many freedoms. Most people yearn for just a few of my freedoms. Yet, do I truly understand the privilege of being an American? Do I truly understand just how blessed that I am to live here in this marvelous country? I don’t think the majority of Americans do, we take our lifestyle for...