Dec 31, 2021A New Year with No To-Do ListAs we get ready to say goodbye to 2021 and look to the beginning of year three dealing with a novel virus, which is, by now, not at all novel to us, I am rethinking how I usually plan for a New Year. The former life coach in me is…3 min read
Oct 16, 2021The Lingering Losses of the PandemicIt feels a little strange to write about loss and grief when compared to so many I haven’t lost much at all. I’m not a healthcare worker or any kind of important person in the chain of needed services. I’m a writer for goodness sakes, one who moonlights with a…Loss4 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 17, 2020Stop Feeling GuiltyIt seems like every time I boot up my computer someone is offering advice on how to be more productive, more creative, and just more awesome during Covid. Honestly, all those articles just make me want to crawl under a blanket and do nothing. Which is kind of what I…Writing Tips4 min read
Published in The Startup·Oct 11, 2020Sometimes Quitting Is a Good ThingThe one thing I almost never, as in never do, is quit a writing project I’m working on. Part stubbornness and part fear, I have always believed you just have to power through even when it’s just not coming. For years that attitude helped me finish columns, plays, and books…Writing Tips4 min read
Published in The Startup·Aug 15, 2020Lost Things…I want to see my kids. I want to meet my granddaughter when she’s born. I want to hug people. I want to not feel the world is dying every single day. I want to feel joy. I miss the gym. I’m sad about losing my friend, Mike. I miss…Support2 min read
Aug 13, 2020And Then We Woke UpWhen the shutdown first started I thought we’d be asked to shelter in place for a few weeks and then it would be over. Being a pandemic virgin I was a little smug about our country’s ability to deal with a crisis of this scale. and take care of its…Vote4 min read
Jul 28, 2020A Hallmark Fantasy In the Time of CovidSeveral months ago I outed myself on this very platform, and in front of a live audience of about 200 people as a Hallmark Christmas movie watcher. It wasn’t easy to confess something that is so often derided, scorned even, but I felt better, freer after. And I of course…4 min read
Jul 26, 2020Just A Little Lie…I was always kind of an unusual child. A bit more worrisome, a bit more sensitive, never quite like everyone else. I spent a lot of time alone amusing myself by playing library with my dolls and stuffed animals. You know, as one does. I was scared of the life-size…Humorous Life Lessons4 min read
Jul 19, 2020What Am I Doing With My Life?In the best of times, I question what I’m doing with my life if not every day, at least a few times a week. I attribute it to being a creative, not an artist, a term I ascribe to painters, sculptors, filmmakers, and such, not me, I write, sometimes successfully…Best Life3 min read
Jun 25, 2020Love, Loss, and PetsThe first time I saw him was in a snapshot sent via an email from my son. It was, pre-smartphone, so all I got was one grainy, slightly blurry image, but I was instantly smitten. …Pets6 min read
