Tag: nonfiction

  • An Almost Disastrous 1979 Event Remembered

    An Almost Disastrous 1979 Event Remembered

    My family moved into our new home in southcentral Pennsylvania one day after a snowstorm in February 1979. Me, my husband Steve and our two sons – three-year-old Matthew and one-year-old Jason – had barely settled in when upheaval temporarily disrupted our lives.  The historic episode that placed my family and community in danger began…

  • The Joy of Doing Almost Nothing

    The Joy of Doing Almost Nothing

    It is probably decadent to admit, but I can spend an entire day doing almost nothing. My seventy-something body occasionally sends me an unmistakable message: Enough! Stop! I need rest! I need to recharge! What follows is time spent doing almost nothing. It might be a short time, a couple of hours or longer –…