Home Place-What's in a name?
I honestly never saw this coming. While I often publicly have fun at my own expense, it’s typically of my own choosing. And this was not my choice, by any means.
Home Place-Seattle woman charts low-carb course to fame
I don’t know about you, but when a blogger wears a strip of bacon on her shirt — clarification: a picture of bacon — I’m going to be interested. When deliciously low-carb recipes follow, I’m bound to be infatuated.
Home Place-Graduation gratifies, but unconventional future looms
Before you read this column, chant this line: “This is not about me. This is not about me.”
Home Place-DeSales grads become life-lengthening friends
You know how going to your spouse’s class reunion can be a labor of love? You’re there, hanging out with people you may only see at reunions, smiling at insider jokes you don’t understand and watching your other half dance with others a little maniacally as they project their inner high schooler.
Home Place-Building schmuilding, what counts is inside
Camo Man and I are exhausted. As I write this, we are fresh from school conferences at McLoughlin High School.
Home Place-Fighting cat addiction by tooth and claw
It doesn’t take much to light the flame under my secret addiction. Not Facebook, since that’s no secret.
Home Place-A day when hearts are uncamouflaged
Dear Camo Man, Happy first married Valentine’s Day, Honey. Not that we need excuses for romance ... our days are filled with it.
Home Place-Miss Kate: The ray amongst the rage
I spend a quite a bit of time parenting my daughter in a repressed rage.
Home Place-No country for unwanted pets
There’s being lucky and then there’s being Lucky.
Home Place-Out of home; forever in mind
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone with the familiar face absent from the holiday table. This seems as good a time as any to finish a column I have been writing in my heart for months now.
Home Place-Sheet merchant answers a dream
I recently wrote -- whined -- about no longer being able to find the kind of sheets I want. Those crisp sheets woven so tightly your sleeping body barely leaves a dent. No soft stuff, ridiculous thread counts or "special" finish. Just sheets that feel baked in the sun on flat rocks somewhere very hot.
Home Place-A build-it-themselves Walla Walla wedding bash
Our Valley has definitely become a destination for wine and fruit enthusiasts. Bicyclists, photographers and musicians also seek out what this community offers.
Home Place-Shoppers to sheet makers: Wake up!
There is a silent crisis in America begging to be addressed.
Home Place-Daphne and me: A meeting of minds
It’s morning. So early that the night remains steadfast in the sky, not ready to relinquish its reign.
Home Place-His and mine, theirs ... and ours
“One big, happy family.”
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