Shields up, Star Trek Fans! I am a huge Star Trek fan. Well, not enough to attend a convention or own a uniform, but I know the difference between a Romulan and a Klingon. And you can always tell when things are about to get hairy onboard because the captain will shout, … [Read more...]

Have we all forgotten what REAL peace looks like? You may not notice peace until it's gone. Just call me "Complacent Kathy." I was generally at peace and had no clue. Until my 1st grocery shopping trip of the pandemic. The governor had shut down the state. People were dying. … [Read more...]

To tell the truth… Don't lie about me... Please, tell the truth! In the last half-dozen years of my teaching career, my school had a turnover problem in the leadership role. As school counselor, the new principals usually relied on me to tell them how things had worked in the … [Read more...]

Oh, there you are! Where did you go? If you have children, you may know the panic that comes from that moment when you lose sight of them in a crowded, unfamiliar place. That happened to me. We'd parked in a large parking garage and were walking to the Alamo in San Antonio … [Read more...]

A Light in the Darkest Dark I wasn't usually scared of the dark, but... When I was a child, my dad's parents spent their summers in SE New Mexico. And when we would visit, we always made the trip to Carlsbad Caverns. Back in those days, you waited for the guided tours. The … [Read more...]