This is the season when most sane (or insane) Americans are On Vacation. School’s out, the weather’s warming, plans have been made for...

This year would be the first Thanksgiving I’d be spending with my honey, and the first in my new home “village” of Oysterville, WA (pop....

SUMMER SOLSTICE, 2014 Last year, at the suggestion of my beau, I celebrated the summer solstice with a ritual which has officially become...

I love the breath of possibility that comes with starting a new year. 2013 began with a dreadful head cold, lots of Dungeness crab and a...

I’ve never tried a long-distance relationship, unless emotional distance counts the same as air miles (I’m not naming names — please do...