She often would challenge the need for particular treatment in her care in explicit terms. Eventually though, she saw the wisdom in the recommended course of treatment and assented, trying, however, not to show, either the hint of a smile or the appearance of acceptance in her eyes. Martha...
The fire keeping me awake this dark morningis on the peak of a mountain ridge across the Upper Ojai Valley in Southern California from where I sit on a deck that didn’t burn in the fire when it came through here. This valley, my valley on a plateau that stretches between Ojai Town a...