The Odds?

This evening, meet up with Ann for a glass of wine.  We head to 23rd Street. 23rd is a very hip, popular place in Portland. It starts at the bottom of hill called ‘Vista’ and a street ‘Burnside’ and runs, so to speak, all the way to the banks of the Willamette River.  And I …

Fam & Flowers

It was a surreal event; to look out at the audience as the applause is happening and there they are!  My favorite people: nephews and nieces and their young adult children.  It was a special moment for me.  Brian & Jami, Clark & Faun, Tori, Jordan, Emma, Nathan!  To see their “Aunt” on the Boards. …

Generous

It is absolutely touching and heart warming when friends come to The Mousetrap.  Last evening: Ann and Tommie and Kathleen and Gordon.  Thank you so very much.  I know you had a long, long drive over the mountains to get here and I am so very appreciative of the time and expense to come to …

Super-Star Mother

She watched as her adult son and daughter-in-law boarded the train in suburban CT, bound for the City. As he stepped over the gap between the platform and the train, the pants on the hanger from the cleaners slipped off their perch and disappeared into the abyss below. As his eyes registered his horror and …