the magnificent margaret moth
Today, March 21, 2023, is the thirteenth death anniversary of one of my heroines, camerawoman Margaret Moth. Moth began her journalism career in her native New Zealand and joined…
find renewal in the wreckage
Losing your home is like having your heart ripped out. You feel lost, betrayed and battered. Suddenly robbed of everything familiar, you stand alone in the wasteland of what once…
fight for your own creativity
I love this.
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…
Remembering Tank Man
Twenty-four years ago today, journalists and other observers watched from hotel balconies and the streets below as one unknown man stood, defiant, in front of a column of tanks as…
Hangin’ on & hangin’ in
I’m having one of those days. I’m just managing to hang on. By a thread. Here’s to everyone else out there who is doing the same. We are not alone….