A lone pine tree stands at the midway point of the Wisdom Tree Trail in Los Angeles. At first glance, it looks a little scraggly, but the tree acts as both an important focal point and a metaphor. It is the lone survivor of a devastating fire that swept the Hollywood Hills back in 2007. [...]
Molly and I received our first fan letter yesterday and it came to us all the way from Burns, a small logging town in Eastern Oregon. The town is named for national Scottish poet Robert Burns and we have visited it twice because Molly's Aunt Sharon, who wrote us the letter, lives there. While we've [...]