grateful to be alive

Surprised and trapped in their North Carolina mountain home by a harsh and threatening late-winter blizzard, a couple struggles to survive and to care for their horses, thankful for any good turn of fate to befall them throughout their ordeal.

Standing up for yourself takes courage at any age.

Gone to Patagonia

A Southern debutante of Atlanta makes a splash, or not, in 1956 New York.

An artist immerses herself in assisting other artists with compromised abilities and comes face to face with another being doing the same.

Courage is a personal decision at any age.

A young Boy Scout away at camp confronts the murkiness of homesickness by diving into earning his swimming merit badge.

No rhythm, no job.

Humorist Diane Pascoe recalls a work-life lesson about understanding expectations and living up to one's potentials and talent from early in her schooling. Very early.

buried treasures -

The challenge and anxiety of packing up, downsizing, and moving offers up discoveries of hidden treasures and the opportunity to reflect on “days gone by and lives gone on.” Our past can anchor us and also point us toward our future in a delicate balance of fear and hope.

Fifty years after patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, a former soldier remembers that Fourth of July a half a world away.

The long road to becoming American.