Mar 25, 2024 | My Wild and Precious Life
I bolted off the chairlift at the Top of the World ski run so I wouldn’t get my ski caught with one of the other five people on our chair. I moved out of the path of skiers coming up behind me as I focused intently on putting my gloved hands through the straps on my...
Jun 22, 2023 | My Wild and Precious Life
The following story is taken from a chapter in my book, My Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir of Joy, Grief & Adventure. This story describes my son’s dying process from cancer, the grief journey of a complex family and the aftermath of this powerful experience....
Nov 9, 2022 | My Wild and Precious Life
Our driver, Hakeem, picked us up at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 5, to whisk us off to our beloved Santa Barbara airport to begin our exciting adventure to the Mediterranean. Our first short flight took us to LAX, and after a two-hour layover we were off to...
Sep 1, 2022 | My Wild and Precious Life
Originally, we planned to take Dennis’ entire family of 14 on a cruise around Tahiti to celebrate his 80th birthday and graduation for some of his grandkids. However, the pandemic had other plans. We tried to reschedule twice to no avail. Finally, it looked like the...
Aug 27, 2022 | My Wild and Precious Life
It was the beginning of our grand adventure: a week of hiking in Wales, a week of cycling through Scotland, and a visit to London to meet my new sister, Susie. Our driver, Hakim, was scheduled to pick us up to take us to the Santa Barbara airport for a leisurely Noon...
Dec 13, 2021 | My Wild and Precious Life
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! We made the most of the pandemic challenges of 2021 even though many of our planned excursions overseas were cancelled because of Covid. We quickly switched our focus to exploring the U.S. and it worked out well. The photo above...
