As a new year begins, I always think of the past, collect my lessons, and begin to plot my future. Fiction is a powerful tool, tell a story, hit someone’s imagination and make a point. Teaching stories have existed since long before the first written word was written and they will still be used when humans are exploring other planets for habitation with alien friends. I suspect those aliens will…

A new trip around the sun, a year to measure success and failure, a day to celebrate and kiss the ones you love. Whether you dance it in, sleep it in, or sing it into being, this new year has an abundance of hope and opportunity. Let’s use them well this year. Here is wishing one and all a great big scoop of happiness, love, and hope, to build the…

The best part of the holiday for me is family. Cooking for family, getting the family gifts, having fun with family, and catching up on news and stories. We are a diverse group, and while we may not be all in the same house, the same state, or even the same country, we all enjoy knowing a little something about what everyone is doing. The hardest part of the holiday…