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My first time seeing one of the Great Lakes Four of us from our agency were able to go to the National Association for Interpretation’s annual conference. This year it was held in Cleveland, Ohio, from November 29-December 3. I hadn’t been to one of these conferences since 2013 when it was held in Reno, so I asked to…

He took the next step forward with an outpatient surgery — My husband spent a week in the hospital with kidney failure during the first week of September. He’s been going to a local hemodialysis clinic three times a week, for four hours at a time, for almost three months now. Hemodialysis is a procedure where a dialysis machine and a…

Third week of November, 2022 — I was able to get out for a couple walks after work during the past week. One night was so cold that I couldn’t feel my face by the time I got back home. …

Family can be more than blood relatives — College football was on tv in the background. My sister-in-law and I were lounging on the couch. My stepbrother was sitting back in the recliner next to the couch. My stepmom was sitting on a stool at the bar in her kitchen, texting her daughter-in-law. Conversation flowed around my uncle…

Second week of November 2022 — It snowed twice this week. Thankfully, the snow held off until the morning after I got back from Arizona. I had a long drive in the wind, but I didn’t have to drive in the snow until Monday morning, on my way to work. I enjoyed seeing the autumn colors…

First week of November 2022 — We got our first snow of the season in Carson City, Nevada during the first week of November. This was also the week that I drove south to Goodyear, Arizona to spend a few days with my family and to say goodbye to my step-dad, Norm. …

A walk around a residential park I drove south from Carson City, Nevada to Goodyear, Arizona for my step-dad’s Celebration of Life during the first week of November. It was snowing the morning I left Northern Nevada. In Goodyear, which is just outside of Phoenix, the high temperatures are still between 60°F and 70°F. I stayed…

It takes a lot of patience, especially at first — Plasma is important to donate because it is a valuable part of treatment for a variety of health problems. The proteins, antibodies, clotting factors, and other nutrients in plasma make it useful in treating those suffering from trauma, shock, burns, and other emergencies. …