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No doubt I still have a way to go, but I’m taking a minute to marvel at the distance I’ve traveled emotionally over the past several...

[Please note: There will be no post next week (April 25th) as I’ll be on a long anticipated trip. It’s my intention to resume posting May...

[I’m stunned, and a little proud of myself, to realize that, for once in my life, I was slightly ahead of the zeitgeist. Suddenly,...

Growing up in my sixties was a full-time job. There was an intense early period in which the insights came so fast and furiously that I...

Somewhere in my sixties, I started experiencing occasional surprise and befuddlement in conversation with some of my women friends....

I climbed into bed with a half-smile and my heart singing. This was such a good day. As I mentally compiled my gratitude list, it became...

I’ve written before about the four-legged lunatic that has free reign of our house. He continues to provide daily doses of both hilarity...

I recently read On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good”, by Elise Loehnen. It’s a highly...

[This week has been a pivot extravaganza. The standouts among a series of unanticipated events have been a microwave fire that narrowly...

Until quite recently, I imagined that my convoluted, protracted path towards healing was unique. Surely I was the only one who was so...

It’s no secret that we all absorb ambient negativity to some degree, often unconsciously. For the past several years, I’ve been working...

What happens when instead of hitting the ground running, as planned, you just hit the ground? If you’re me, you grumble a bit and then...

Until fairly recently, becoming a writer seemed like an unattainable dream to me. The huge “woulda, coulda, shoulda” of my life. The...

This week the CWP is off doing her thing and I’m treating myself to a glorious staycation. Lots of rest and reflection, good food, books,...

About fifteen years ago, I bought and loved Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, edited by...

Until five years ago, the many and varied attempts I’d made to meditate regularly over a period of at least 25 years were all eventually...

I have to rant. I was recently asked this question, emphasis on the do, and not for the first time. It may or may not be a coincidence...

Now that the CWP is launching and I’m taking my writing more seriously, I spend large swaths of time alone. Some days the only...

I mentioned in an earlier post that, rather than making resolutions, I’ve decided to adopt a mantra for the year. This year’s inaugural...