pollyanna's world

My dad was a hero.  I'm not making this up; he'd tell anyone that he was a hero.   Oh, not a war hero, although he served in the...

Across the road to Mr. Cooper's farm I grew up in a rural area . Our house, along with half a dozen other houses, sat on a dead-end...

Mom always said, “He’s such a handsome man.”  Every time we’d get together with Bill and Candy.  Dinner or bbq or neighborhood chitchat. ...

I was a junior in high school.  My boyfriend had just broken up with me and I wanted to make a great change in my life.  I thought maybe...

Photo: The Oregon Forest Resources Institute I love to celebrate.  Anything.  Birthdays should last at least a week, anniversaries a c...