by Nellie Curtiss … There’s a draconian dragon in my house. It’s not Sean Connery’s Dragonheart, or the celebrated Komodo Dragon, but it is a boisterous, noisy, and nosey thing all the same. Blue grey in color at its head, this my-way-or-the-highway beast throws oxygen out nostrils that top-off a long hollow tail. That tail,Continue reading “There’s a dragon in the house”
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Mom, not just a smoker’s legacy
by Nellie Curtiss … The Mayo Clinic’s website defines Emphysema as “a lung condition that causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged.” For Mom, Emphysema was diagnosed in 1995. It is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. Later her diagnosis included lung cancer which took her life atContinue reading “Mom, not just a smoker’s legacy”
Like a tree in a storm
By Nellie Curtiss … Laura said, “As a tree, let that big messy storm cruise all the way through and over those branches and leaves.” It was true. Even the movie Avatar, seemed to show that calm in the airborne jungle that floated on clouds built a canopy of love withstanding onslaughts of calculations againstContinue reading “Like a tree in a storm”
Forgiveness is a seed for peace—Eva Kor, Auschwitz survivor
By Nellie Curtiss … Primetime January 27th on Rocky Mountain PBS, I caught the documentary EVA A-7063. As I watched the 2019 documentary of the aged survivor of the Holocaust, I thought I want to be more like her. Even though from 1944 to 1945 she and her identical sister were among 3000 subjected toContinue reading “Forgiveness is a seed for peace—Eva Kor, Auschwitz survivor“
Nourish curiosity, mentor somebody today
By Nellie Curtiss … January is National Mentoring month. Without the mentoring that the Boys and Girls Clubs have offered, Denzel Washington, to name one celebrity, would not be the person he is today—as he has noted in a recent commercial. At the website Who Mentored You (sites.sph.harvard.edu/wmy/) a list of celebrities prominently touts theContinue reading “Nourish curiosity, mentor somebody today”
Listening to three versions of Blue Car
By Nellie Curtiss … Georgia was in her element. She was listening to Greg Brown’s rendition of Blue Car in her Bluetooth Earbuds as her Irish mane waved at other travelers. She soared over the trail on her lightening scooter like a whim over a blank slate. Her contraption carried enough juice for a rideContinue reading “Listening to three versions of Blue Car”
Loose tomatoes and New Year’s resolutions
By Nellie Curtiss … My cocker spaniel and community cats eat pretty healthy. Ask any of them. When my back is turned, or when I’m napping, they can root out the best prizes. One day not so long ago, I came home dog-tired from a grocery run. Pulling some of the groceries in and ontoContinue reading “Loose tomatoes and New Year’s resolutions”
A Christmas with faith, hope, and love
By Nellie Curtiss … Just a few hours ago, now, Kathryn Faith Love was born at the small one-floor hospital built into the side of a local mountain. At 8 pounds three ounces, she was the hope of the whole nurses’ station, her parents and all her cousins. As the time zones were all shakingContinue reading “A Christmas with faith, hope, and love”
On the table: honey, pancakes, and eggs
By Nellie Curtiss … One week not too long ago, a little sheep herder found it hard to get out of bed to tend to her flock. It had been a hard few days with a norther that blew into the high desert valley and whooshed sand, loose grass, and pine needles around. Hay tentsContinue reading “On the table: honey, pancakes, and eggs”
Harmony in the herd and joy in the Jell-O
By Nellie Curtiss … The Siberian Huskies on the ranch were howling as snowflakes piled up in the corral around the hoof-stomping goats and sleepy sheep. Bartholomew the boxer ran to the lip (the grill) of the 3100 Chevy truck to look around and see if the super moon was still huge in the sky.Continue reading “Harmony in the herd and joy in the Jell-O”
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