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We smelled like wet dog. On a three-week trip to Australia and New Zealand, my husband Richard and I packed one suitcase each. Ten days in, we were out of…

A firefly landed on the patio table next to me. He was not glowing. Pulling off my heels, I rested my swollen feet on the table next to him. He…

I admit it. I’m recovering from the last decade. I’m transitioning out of my full-time job as an unabashed sexagenarian. Sure, there have been moments of wild abandon: going to…

It lay coiled on the pavement, soaking in the morning heat after surviving a chilly desert night. The western diamondback knew the land. It wouldn’t lie there long before it…

Is there something that transforms one from ordinary person to celebrity? Something that separates them from the rest of us? And allows a legacy to grab hold. It was not…

Rusted barbed wire sagged between crooked weathered posts. Dust clouds spewed from our back tires like a roiling prairie storm, covering the mesquite-lined ditch banks and blanketing the tufts of…

A back hallway led us to an elevator door tucked behind the restaurant. Richard and I had weaved through the dining tables of Ted’s Montana Grill, inhaling the mouth-watering smell…

A scream bounced off the side of the house, disturbing a green heron roosting in the dune vegetation. It was mine. When I’m startled, I yelp — a short high-pitched…

My nails were never glamorous. Short and trimmed, they were practical — fitting easily inside latex exam gloves. Well-suited for a busy life as a mom and physician. But when…

The beveled glass of an empty Yoo-Hoo bottle sparkled under the fluorescent lights, spinning wildly as the eighth graders held their breath. Floorboards squeaked above us as we sat on…