I Found the Future in a Brown Paper Bag
Of these four, which one doesn’t fit: rug, egg, drum, sex? I remember the question. I remember the answer. But I’ll be damned if I remember the rest of the…
come winter
I was inspired to write this poem in February 2014 when I lived in North Hatley, Quebec. At the time, I wanted to get lost in a winter storm, to…
Dead to the World
eyes open. a thought bubbles to the surface: “i’m awake.” awareness skips across my consciousness forcing me to stir. i resist. i burrow deeper into the folds of the duvet. i…
fight the good fight. your way.
Journalist, author, motivational speaker and world-record-holding marathon swimmer Diana Nyad made five attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida. She first tried at age 28 in 1975. She failed. She…
Sara Is Finally Free
In November 2009, I featured Sara Kruzan’s story on AmazingWomenRock.com in a post entitled “How Much Time for This Kind of Crime?” At the time, I tried to make sense…
Catherine never complained
My cousin Catherine was born with a heart defect. She began having (then-experimental) surgeries to correct it at the age of two. She had many such surgeries and spent countless…
Another amazing shot of me howling at the full moon.
Related links: What To Do During a Super Full Moon Amazing shot of me howling at the full moon :)
I see amazing women. What do YOU see?
Here’s a short (about three-minutes) video I put together for the What I See project:
25 Useful Things to Remember When You Screw Up
I played in my first-ever golf tournament last week. My preferred (quelle surprise!) ball is pictured at left 😉 In golf, as in most sports, it’s important to follow the…
Alzheimer's, Beauty, Challenges, Feelings, Friendship, Health, Joy, Life, Love, Relationships, Writing
loving words at sunset
My Mom, Patti, soon to be eighty-five and in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, can’t really carry on a “sensible” conversation anymore. Mom’s friend Gaby is ninety-seven. While Mom…