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We go everywhere together. She’s bright and sparkly, and a smile forms on my face every time I see her. It all started with trips to the ski hill; long, windy roads with a cliff’s edge on one [...]

I have a secret. One I have kept since I was six. It started out as any normal day for a six year old. I left in the morning to go exploring around my house. I walked to the great wall that lined [...]

I am not allowed to go to Boot Hill Cemetery located in Virginia City, Montana. There is a darkness that surrounds the cemetery. It isn’t a safe place. The cemetery got its name, because the [...]

A secret garden is within the mind that is controlled by ego until ego becomes secondary in ones evolution. The secret garden that is spoke of in so many songs is the oneness of being your true [...]

I’m never sure exactly what wakes me. I’m never sure if my eyes are open to the smell of coffee, to the breeze off the lake and through the sunshine, or if to the glint of the blue [...]

I tend to overthink things. That’s me. I’ve come to the realization that I probably won’t lose that characteristic. Sometimes it will work for me and sometimes it can really [...]

Calling all ya’ll: Do you have a figurative secret garden? Tell us about it!  

He knew better than to walk right into her kitchen when she cooked and so he stood by the entrance of the cramped room. He would have towered over the tiny barefoot woman if he were any closer. [...]

For the record, my heart’s desire is to write fiction. Truth and fact, that’s easy and utilitarian. The real challenge, the real love of my life, is always the mythical, that force [...]

Oh my goodness. It is a potato! I love potatoes. I will eat them mashed, fried, chopped, whole or baked.  Why? Why not! They are delicious. I try not to think of the great potato famine, because [...]