An Open Heart
I’m pretty much an open book, and if you pay attention, you can follow me as I work my way through life. I don’t pick random flaws and challenges for my characters to experience. I choose those in which I’m dealing with myself. So if you want to know me, all the good and bad, […]
Warning: Woo-woo Alert
I’m very lucky to be a part of a writer group called the Tiki Bar Pals. We started chatting via WhatsApp and Zoom during Covid and kept going after that, and it’s been awesome to have fellow writers to lean on. There’s so much positivity, support, laughter, writer geekdom… the whole thing. And very often […]
A Different Kind of 9/11 Story
A note to anyone struggling right now… Like so many of you, my whole world changed the day the towers fell. Not in the way you might think though. I used to play the banjo professionally, but a career-ending hand disorder called focal dystonia sent me scrambling to pick up the pieces. It all started […]
Always Be Therapizing
I have an addiction to self-help books. In fact, I probably need a self-help book about my addiction. Honestly, I don’t see how any of you make it without them, though I’m the first one to admit I’m a little behind on the evolutionary ladder. As long as I have some guidance, I’ve got life […]
What If You Sent Someone Flowers Today?
Or bought the next person in line at the barbershop or salon their cut? Or paid for a few people behind you in the toll line? Or just told someone you love them? What if you went out of your way for a stranger? Offered a compliment on someone’s appearance? Told a telemarketer how much […]
