Rainy Day in Hope

I met an older woman from Anchorage camping here for the weekend. She slept in her van like I used to, but I noticed that she did not have a little cookstove, so I offered her coffee. Of course, she said. Then, I saw another lone female camper who is also from Anchorage and sleeping…

Jane’s Journals: Book of the Year 2013

I understand now why magazines and organizations present a Person of the Year, Best Movie of the Year, Best Book of the Year, Best New Musician and so on. These nominations give us something to write–or read–about on dark, cold winter nights when cabin fever begins to freeze body, mind and soul. Thus far, I…