Wrangler Dani

You know how Mother-in-Law jokes, go, right? It seems that everybody has a horror story, a difficult situation or a trying circumstance with their in-laws. Families have their own social

I’m always an early celebrator of Christmas. The first frosts and speckles of snow (or, in California, afternoon fogginess) have me daydreaming of homemade cookies and shiny bows. But my

This was our basic itinerary: View Larger Map Here’s where we stopped: Yakima: Miner’s Drive-In. Biggest burgers you’ve ever seen, great curly fries. No atmosphere, other than ancient drive-thru, but

Life’s been stretching, pulling at the edges, allowing things to fall through the tiny fraying holes that we’ve been too busy to patch. Uncertainty made us fretful, work demands made

We’ve been in Orange County for almost two weeks, and it’s been a whirlwind. Today is the first day of our trip that I’m not running to business appointments, moving

I met someone the other night who has serious wanderlust. She told me that she constantly has the urge to move – and that a few years is the longest

Sometimes, you can feel very alone in the world. Sometimes it feels like everyone else is dealing with challenges with suave and pizazz, and you’re cringing along, sobbing at commercials

So, we put in an offer on a cute little old house on 13 acres. It got accepted. We had an inspection and quickly realized that wood rot, asbestos and

You all have been so kind and wonderful. The texts, comments and emails about my last couple of sad posts have been overwhelming and beautiful and perfect. Just…. thank you.

I can’t describe it any other way – it’s a merciless ache. It aches when I leave the doctor’s office and they tell me (for the bajillionth time, because apparently