HOLLYE DEXTER

The sound of motorcycles revving in the driveway meant that Uncle Dan was home, and with him came the entourage.  One by one they pulled...

This is the only childhood photo I have of my mother and I together. Like this photo, our relationship is faded, tattered at the edg...

Love is a risky business. If you’ve ever opened your heart to another person, chances are you’ve been hurt. I know this, and yet I k...

Ophelia's art poster:  http://www.zazzle.com/to_thine_own_self_be_true_poster-228306749335934814 Yesterday I watched an online disc...

The jackhammers have stilled, the sewage hauled away, court date with the awful neighbors - behind us. Tearful goodbyes were said thi...

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite moments of Fall was the sound of geese migrating. In the 1970s, the San Fernando Valley was clo...

As I read the message from my youngest brother, my stomach lurched. “Dad’s in the hospital”. That feeling of dread set in fast, and jus...

Me and my brother Ted, or "little Butch" or "Straight-Ted" I am counting the moments until tomorrow, when my family...

It is now two days after Taylor and Aya’s wedding, and I am in bed with a head cold, which I had been fighting all last week but just didn’t...

What’s going on with the Dexters? No Christmas letter this year? All these cryptic facebook postings …..I know, I owe everyone a million...

Home is anywhere my husband and children are. It is Andy Williams on Christmas morning. It is the memory of our black Labrador Sky asleep ...

When I die (one day, a long, long time from now....) I will miss holding my children and grandchildren close to me. I will miss watching...