By-Line The Glenrock Bird, 10-3-09

"Cowgirl is an attitude, really.   A pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head on, lives by her own lights, and makes no excuses. Cowgirls take stands. They speak up. They defend the things they hold dear. A cowgirl might be a rancher, or a barrel racer, or a bull rider, or an actress. But she's just as likely to be (...)

My father had been visiting me in Minnesota the week prior to 911.  His plane was to leave at 8:00 that fateful morning and, of course, I had to drop him off three hours earlier as was Dad’s usual mandate. 

I was in my stained glass shop when the first plane hit. I watched the second one crash and then the Pentagon disaster. Between the Pentagon hit and the last plane going down after the p(...)

We’ve all had warning signs in our lives that, for whatever reason, we’ve chosen to ignore.  Most of the women I know have an inherent sense of innate perspective.   Yet how many times have they ignored that inner voice because they wish for something to be so? How many times have you heard yourself say, whether verbalized or not, “Yes he has these bad qualities, but there are good ones too.”(...)

There are two buttons in my email and on my keyboard that I really enjoy. I’ll admit it and get it over with. Delete and Spam. It’s so gratifying to delete all those irritating emails, not just the ones that you don’t need, but the ones you don’t want. Perhaps it’s from a colleague that irritates you or an ex-lover, and/or the evil businessman who hasn’t an individual thought of his own and m(...)