Several years ago, I was in my car attempting make a right turn onto a very busy two lane road. I was on a small side road and numerous shopping center parking lots had exits…

Today was another warm, sunny day in Knoxville. We are just a few weeks from the Dogwood Arts Festival and so many trees and flowers are in bloom. I decided to head to Cherokee Boulevard…

Yesterday was a workout of a different sort, a wet, rocky, uphill sort. John and I went hiking with friends, Bill and Silke. The hike was a short 5.5-mile effort but guess what?!!! It took…

My sweet mother, who lives in a nursing home, often asks me what day it is. These days I have to stop and think about my answer. Unemployment has rendered my days vanilla. One day…

“Would you like to swim faster?” the gentleman in the next lane asked as I crawled out of the pool.” “Yes, very much.” “You must reach. You have choppy strokes, you bring your stokes down…