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My Decades series is obviously going to skip around. I intended this next post to be about Sweden and my mom’s Swedish heritage. Instead a visit from the Amazing Leila takes over on behalf of the present. LEILA RIGHT NOW Did I mention I have a great-granddaughter? Oh yeah, I did. But now she’s four months old and has been on her first trip. To Albuquerque. To introduce her pretty self to the… Read More

STORIES We all have our stories. If we’re among the fortunate, they are long stories, both personal and global. I am always the main character of my story. Except when I’m not. If my story takes place in the midst of wars earthquakes floods and/or any other cultural and political upheavals, then where is attention focused? Certainly not on me. In fact, my presence is dwarfed in the swirl of life. As… Read More