STORIES

Would you like me to read your palms?  And we all thought, yes, that sounds like a good idea, even with some nervous giggles in the background...

What happened from the result of that day; seeing such a large computer, was an interest in technology...sounds kinda funny because art was my background and humanities, I was never really involved with mathematics or science, but I thought well, I'm gonna learn more about this stuff!

...turns out my mother was scarred of babies...so it was up to me, 13yro me to take care of this baby, so I kinda helped raise him...!

A cherished spring holiday nearly forgotten, but brought back to life during a pandemic.

When your four year old son is playing outside and it gets very quiet...

It's important to reach out to everybody!

One can get a lot of issues figured out when you drive from Sacramento to New Orleans without a radio!

Did you know a bugle could cry? Next Memorial Day when they play Taps, listen carefully and you will hear it weep.

I bought this house in Stillwater and the Corrections Department was looking for women to be case workers at the men's prison; they wanted to 'humanize' it, and that's kind of a big job, but I thought, well, why not!

I said, "Oh my lord, I don't believe it. Did you happen to know a family by the name of O'Rourke?" and she said "I am an O'Rourke!"

I was walking to the License Bureau
Looking back over my shoulder
She was really a cute gal...

Know that we are connected in ways that are both terrifying and beautiful-

I was tired when I moved in. I'm dead tired now, but I simply don't have time to die - I like it here.

An advantage of living at Episcopal Homes, is that you can go on adventures and there is always someone who can care for you cat!

How a small item became a strong binding agent between people who know oppression

We should follow the example of the boxelder bug and never give up.

All the various things I have experienced since moving in