We’ve all been in situations where we don’t know what to say. Perhaps a friend or acquaintance is undergoing trauma or grief and we feel we should do something, say something, because we want to help. We want to show that suffering person that we care. Maybe we are afraid if we say anything, it […]
Jun 16, 2014
Close Your Eyes, You Are There
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Have you ever watched a TV mystery or maybe an old Perry Mason and a witness is asked to remember a certain scene? The lawyer might say, “Just close your eyes and imagine you are back at (wherever the action occurred).” Funny thing is, this technique of “remembering” actually works. It works for me, not […]
May 25, 2014
The Ones Who Stayed Behind
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Maybe it’s because tomorrow is Memorial Day that a word keeps recurring in my mind this morning: nobility. A dictionary definition of nobility is having high moral standards or ideals or royalty. My own definition of nobility is people who have high moral standards and bedrock beliefs in truth and the courage to stand firm for […]
May 22, 2014
A Moment in Time
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A dear younger relative of mine is interested in family history. I’ve been looking through boxes of papers and pictures to find answers to his questions and I’m running onto things I’ve forgotten. Yesterday, I re-discovered the picture that puzzled my brother Richard and me. The original was on a postcard as were many of the […]
May 21, 2014
Aromatherapy and Earthworms
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Want a sure-fire, cost-free cure for the blues? Try weeding your herb garden. This spring I’ve been kept out of the garden by frequent rains (I’m thankful for them) and writing mysteries (I’m thankful for them too). Yesterday, however, I grabbed gloves, trowel, and kneeling pad and dug in the dirt. Mint, as you know, […]
May 18, 2014
Looking Back
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Many years ago, I wrote a weekly column for my hometown newspaper, The Tahlequah Daily Press, called Looking Back. In it, I included articles on Tahlequah’s historic homes, businesses that flourished in the past, and, most importantly, the people of Cherokee County. Articles on my mother’s family, Levi and Edna Latty, were the basis for […]
