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Brain Candy, Meal Trains and Other Unmentionables 2 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am
My best friend Deirdre has been diagnosed with… I feel like if I say it out loud it might hear me, so I’ll take her lead and call it “Brain Candy.” Or Sara. I called it a loogie in my poem. Anything b...
And Ode to Lady Hedgebrook’s Magic and a “No-Expectations” Life 19 Jul 2013 | 12:17 am
Cedar Cottage If three perfect days of solitude in a one-person cottage, six amazing women discussing numerous topics mostly centered around writing over a home-prepared garden dinner, freshly baked ...
Trying To Keep You For Myself 3 Jul 2013 | 09:40 pm
I watch you struggle, helpless sugar-coating your reality with laughter trying to keep you for myself You tell me the news from the ICU as I watch a muted documentary on Highgrove A royal garden v...
Let’s Make Some Noise For Our Graduate! 13 Jun 2013 | 09:03 am
In the frenzy leading up to the big day, I was told breathlessly, barely 12 hours before the event that I had to get a lei and maracas. “A Lei? Maracas?” Had high school graduations changed that much ...
Chasing Mavericks 5 Jun 2013 | 03:44 am
I was flying home from New York and decided to watch a movie. I was tired. I wanted something that wouldn’t make me think too hard, so I went with the surfing movie. No, not the one with the shark (th...
Making Spaghetti-Os for Mother’s Day 10 May 2013 | 09:21 pm
I sat on a rolling stool in the tiny 8′ x 5′ pre-surgery room holding her hand as the doctor-in-training took a very long time practicing putting an IV into her arm. We giggled when she had to put the...
In the Wake of Boston 26 Apr 2013 | 08:30 pm
“I was thinking of you, so I thought I’d call.” It was my dog’s breeder, calling out of the blue. “Oh, that’s sweet,” I said. I couldn’t imagine why she might be thinking of me, but she is sweet like ...
The Wisdom of Our Experiences 12 Apr 2013 | 12:23 am
It was good to get my rant at the Universe out of my system. The day after I wrote it, O and I met with the sports medicine doc who confirmed a torn ACL. The sobbing began the moment we got into the c...
F*&^% You Universe! 26 Mar 2013 | 08:26 pm
Warning: The following is a negative rant. Read at your own risk. NB: We are all entitled to have bad moments and despite all the great stuff that happens in our lives, the crappy stuff can still knoc...
Remember the Moon – Prologue 16 Mar 2013 | 05:13 am
I thought I’d try a little experiment and post the first little bit of my fictional book. Cat’s Eyes I literally fell for my wife in Pompeii on a hot Italian September day, 1991. My eyes on my guidebo...
