

Darby Lee Patterson
- Oct 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Trip of a Lifetime?
DarbyLee Patterson Lately, there's been a flood of news about psychedelics being used for various mental health issues – mostly for...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 27, 2022
- 4 min
I'm Sorry - But there's No Guilt like Catholic Guilt
I was looking at my near-life-sized bronze bust of Pope Francis this week. He currently spends his time in my garage, sitting on a...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 20, 2022
- 5 min
Caldor Anniversary Brings New Wildfire
Darby Lee Patterson Last year my husband and I had been taking our usual morning walk with our two dogs when we looked above tall pine...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Sep 10, 2022
- 4 min
Note from a Commoner to a Queen
I write this just hours after learning of the death of Great Brittain's Queen Elizabeth II. Here in California, miles, traditions, and...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
No Red Hot Title Needed!
Darby Lee Patterson Hot enough for you? If you answered "Yup" then get ready to relocate because if you live in a "temperate zone" you...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
For the Love of Dog
Darby Lee Patterson As you’ll read in the essay below – This is an important week for our best friends. I’m republishing this piece with...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
A Burning Desire to to Say Thanks
This week is the anniversary of an event no one is celebrating. It’s when winds swept a forest fire from spark to blaze across Grizzley...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 10, 2022
- 4 min
Life Lessons from Tinsel Town? Heck, Yes!
Last week I wrote about the 24-hour-a-day inundation of world news that we're all exposed to – thanks to technology that never sleeps. I...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Aug 4, 2022
- 4 min
Oh, To Be More Like My Dog
I’m sitting here with my best friend Murphy, gazing up at me from his office chair – begging for pets or treats (okay, treats). He’s...


Darby Lee Patterson
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
Don't Retire - just Recode
Another landmark birthday is behind me, and I think I have officially joined an esteemed fraternity known as the 'older generation.' It...