When the Rooster Rules the Roost (and You Don’t)

I wrote this piece a while back. I’d say the rooster war is still alive and well. Today I learned how to deal with an angry rooster—literally, not metaphorically. Beau Leigh is my daughter Liz’s rooster up here in Ojai. He doesn’t take kindly to anyone but Liz’s husband, Ron, entering the pen. Granted, he’s…

A Shared Memory Of Norway for My Old Friend, Nick

In the spring of 1975 when I was 22, my boyfriend Nick and I decided we would go to Europe after I graduated from college in June. (He was already finished with school and up for an adventure). The goal was to go for a year and the original plan (or at least the one…