family – Sandra Friend

Absorbing January

Posted on Jan 31, 2026Jan 31, 2026 by Sandra Friend

January isn’t as special as it thinks it is. Even if you live where there is no snow.

Nature, by Nature

Posted on Dec 22, 2025Jan 9, 2026 by Sandra Friend

Our environment shapes and nurtures us from the ground up

Glass bottomed boat in a wooded waterway

Past Present

Posted on Nov 9, 2025Jan 9, 2026 by Sandra Friend

A reunion makes reflections on the years in between all the more poignant.

Words Fail

Posted on Oct 21, 2025Jan 16, 2026 by Sandra Friend

When they do, it’s a horror to those who rely on them.

A group of men in dark suits with radio equipment, 1936

You’re History

Posted on Aug 19, 2025Jan 17, 2026 by Sandra Friend

They’re a mystery. Family secrets are secrets no more when the next generation starts sleuthing.

Gravel rail trail through a tunnel of forest uphill

Intellectual Theft

Posted on Jul 30, 2025Jan 17, 2026 by Sandra Friend

When someone steals your stuff, it’s about way more than the stuff.

The Power of Three

Posted on Jun 8, 2020Jan 17, 2026 by Sandra Friend

Three sisters, in their thirties. Three times, the insight. A journey through India and Nepal was both a pilgrimage and a purge, burning off the darkness enveloping my soul. Written twenty years ago after my return.

Two women with a backdrop of a jungly river

Reclaiming my Health

Posted on Aug 14, 2017Jan 11, 2026 by Sandra Friend

Reversing diabetes. The idea of doing so simply by changing what I eat sounds radical, but it’s the next step in reclaiming my health.

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