Yours truly has been getting a workout donning and removing layers according to the whims of the sun, clouds and wind. It’s been the kind of spring in Central Oregon that is sunny and warmish one mom ...

Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” has quietly become the soundtrack to my days. It’s one of those songs that feels like it understands you before you understand yourself: gentle, reflective and honest in a ...

“Harken to the tidings that will bring the spring!” That’s what we sang in the third grade to the tune of “Spring Song,” Mendelssohn’s most famous “Song without Words.” We all hope this hard winter is ...