• Check. Check. Testing. Is This Thing On?

    Recording complete. Airing now. Have you ever heard of Voice Confrontation? Or Acute Autophonia? My son who works in the media production industry tried to explain to me why a person does not like the sound of their own voice. Apparently we are used to hearing ourselves from within. In true fashion, my son digs

  • Something As Scary as The Bear in My House

    (20 minute read or listen to the audio) Do you remember the story I wrote last summer about the bear coming into our vacation rental house in Lake Tahoe? The bear that clawed his way through the screen door down in the bedroom on the first floor? The bear that came up the carpeted stairs

  • Is It Beginning to Look Like A Lot Like Christmas, Yet?

    (10 minute read OR listen to the audio version with bonus material) The last of the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. The turkey platter and fancy serving dishes are returned to the deep recesses of the china cabinet. Right about now is when I turn my attention towards Christmas. For all of the plan-ahead, shop-all-year-long, and