While living in my parents home as a child, 50's and 60's rock and roll was the music of choice. My father had kept some record albums he collected while in the army. My sister and I were never allowed to touch them. This rule was in stone. Elv...

As you can see by the bi-line, my name is Paidra Delayno. Paidra is something of an unusual name, I realize, but my parents really liked a song by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood about a woman with the same name. The song's title is "Some Velvet Morning...

I really enjoy eating at nice restaurants. Not because I don't enjoy cooking, but more to the point, I enjoy good food. I was working in a small Oregon town for a while and found myself hard pressed for someplace really good to eat. There were plent...

Being a full time care giver for an aging parent is a task most of us are unable to perform. In days gone by, the parent would spend her, or his, last days at home. Today, people are living longer and more ailments are surfacing which the average p...

In order for an opinion to be reached, the facts must be scrutinized. If the facts are distorted, so will the opinion be. A writer friend of mine told me this. He's been over the road of life and has picked up a few tips. He hasn't been perfect, ...

One of the quiet businesses not often in the news is the nursing home industry. It is not uncommon for each facility to require a staff of between seventy and a hundred people. Nursing homes fall into two categories. The first is non-profit and the se...