Ophelia

Sidewalk art in Victoria, B.C., snapped just just as the rain began.

Dear Gem – Month 12

It’s been quite a month: big news, big adjustments. Tomorrow morning I go in for the mastectomy. That means I will not be able to lift you for a while after the surgery, maybe even a couple weeks. It’s going to be a bigger adjustment than what you have already experienced, but we are going [...]

On Alaska and Men

This is my husband when he visits Alaska.

And this is my husband when he’s not in Alaska.

I guess “When in Rome….”

The men outnumber the women in Alaska by something like 2:1, so you’d think the odds of finding a good man were pretty good. I had to move to Washington [...]