How Many Jobs?

Originally published August 2009 I have worn many different career hats in my life: waitress, animal trainer, business owner, program coordinator, volunteer manager, grant writer, museum technician, archaeologist, teacher, and now historian.  This past week I was...

Reincarnation? Not a Believer.

Originally published November 2009 I am not a believer in reincarnation, but if I was I would swear I had lived at least two other previous lives.  One of those lives would be that of a Native American medicine woman and the other, a survivor of oppression from...

How Old Are You, Nana?

Originally published December 2009 “Nana, how old will you be when I’m 52? My seven-year-old grandson is starting to ask the big questions. After a litany of similar questions, right up until he asked how old his Nana would be when he turned 99, there was...

How Does My Garden Grow?

Originally published February 2010 I love to see things grow. Be it children or plants I love to witness the process: children as they move through their many stages of development, flowers when they bloom, or plants when they produce their delicious vegetables....

Homesick

Originally published June 2009 The best thing I ever did was to leave western New York.  The hardest thing I’m doing in my life is to stay away from there.  I often think about where I would be right now if my parents hadn’t died.  For sure, I’d...