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Nov.12.2011 Zigzag way Stream is like zigzag way Sometimes take you along with powerful flow You try to get free and go away But you can’t. Do so as it is time that matters, Try to adjust and learn Keep no attachment and concerns Today may be your turn Tomorrow may be for them a u turn... No...	Oct.06.2010 A New "Brand" of Food Duncan tells us to come early…branding is hard work, and it’s going to be a hot one. Eric and I are up before the sun, stumbling around in the dark of our giant house, taking care not to trip over the cat who sleeps outside the bedroom door. We fix a couple of fried eggs and bagels, and I brew...
Aug.31.2009 High Functioning Jenny wants, she tells me as I hand my cash over the register to her, to do research into autism. As she says this she's working one of her three day jobs: this one is as a front-desk person at a resort just west of Sedona, Arizona. Her other jobs include waitressing at an upscale restaurant back...	Aug.22.2009 Falling into the Past As I sit down to write this entry I ask myself the question, how do I begin? Where do I begin? And then a small voice says, Mary, begin at the beginning. Well, the beginning is; I attended a party a few weeks back. A typical gathering of friends at a neighbours house. Later on into the evening a...
Aug.22.2009 Valley of the Gods "Moki" is a Hopi word for "those who are gone," or "the people who have left." A winding, gravel road that contracts into three miles of hairpin turns cutting deep into the sides of a mesa above Valley of the Gods, Utah, is called the Moki Dugway. Parking at the top to...	Jun.01.2009 Of Cows and Men Priscilla has lost her cows. This is not a good thing, not for a Navajo. For a Navajo, cows are income, cows are livelihood, cows are why you bother to get a grazing lease in the first place. Priscilla's family has had cows for generations. They should have about a hundred head right now. ...
Nov.28.2008 Unsafe at any altitude Happy holidays. Here are your four sheets of toilet paper. Have a nice 24-hour flight home. Giant holes in your aircraft, stalled engines, unscheduled nosedives, no nappies and emergency landings are included in your ticket price. Welcome to Qantas. Now sit down, buckle in and shut up or we'll have...	Mar.01.2008 Accidental Cowgirl If anyone had told me before July, 1990, that I'd be doing a little cattle herding in my 50s, I'd have told them I already had a life, thank you, which was more or less manageable and pleasant, allowing for adequate rest and relaxation. But my husband had a dream—a big one, and it could not be...