By Grant E. Christensen On Tuesday, Nancy and I once again drove to Seattle for my quarterly blood draw, PSA test, and appointment with my oncologist, Dr. Heather Cheng. When we got off the elevator, a nurse immediately interviewed us…
by Sandy Mayle There are some things I’ve loved to hear my sons say: “Thanks, Mom,” as they pull their lanky frames away from the dinner table. “I’m sorry,” after a dispute between them has escalated for days. “I didn’t…
When I was in fifth-grade, my class spent a day planting pine tree seedlings to fill areas of a local forest left bare by a lumber company cutting down trees. It was our Earth Day project and I was so…
By Barbara Greenhow There is a film I have come to love called “All Passion Spent”. Set in England in the early 1930’s, it deals with a socially prominent 85 year old woman who, in her widowhood, has voluntarily chosen…