JoAnn

A couple of weeks ago, I awoke just before dawn to an unsettling noise. It was loud enough to wake…

For years, from my teens to my 50s, I set an alarm clock every night before bed. First, it was…

Something odd happened to me today. I use a small, stainless steel electric percolator to make coffee. When it was…

This week, I found myself in need of a new form of transportation. My sweet little economy car from 2005…

When I was around 6 or 7 years old, my sister got a new bicycle for her birthday. It was…

Today is Valentine’s Day. I woke up feeling rather alone on this holiday. I’ve always thought that a day to…

A good friend of mine mentioned the other day that she felt blasting loud music in the car is a…

My only grandmother was my mother’s mom when I was a young child. When I was born, Grandma was already…

Yesterday was my granddaughter Taylor’s 18th birthday. I still feel a sense of shock at that number. It seems so…

Suppose we could compartmentalize all of our worries, problems, jobs, etc., into neat little packages; where would we start? It…