

Celebrating with Family & Friends
Nothing means more to me than sharing special occasions with the people I love – at my nephew’s high school graduation party with my two...


It’s That Time of Year
When it comes to the farm, spring and summer are about planting and harvesting tomatoes. The six-inch plants are put in the ground in...


Mother’s Day Remembrance
My Mom with me when I lived in New York, visiting the Statue of Liberty with the World Trade Center in the background. Don’t laugh at my...


It's Tomato Planting Season!
It’s that time of year on my Dad and brothers’ farm in Yolo (You Only Live Once) County. Planting takes six weeks and the small plants...


Shirley Rominger Intermediate School
In November 2001, the new grammar school in Winters was dedicated to my mother, Shirley Rominger, who had passed away in December 2000....


Visiting Bodega Bay
A reunion with girlfriends from high school, some I have not seen in over 30 years, and it was like no time had passed. We couldn’t stop...


Love Eternal
Valentine’s Day brings to mind romance, fairly tales, and living happily ever after. I think of my grandparents and my parents, devoted...


Tall, Dark and Handsome
Grandpa Cody was tall and handsome, with a full head of dark curly hair, and taught me how to do the craziest things – like playing dice,...


A Quite Man
My Grandpa Rominger was a quiet man of great inner strength. He was a giant to me when I was a little girl and I loved sitting on his...