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Music is the strongest form of magic – Marilyn MansonM On a recent trip for work, I pulled out my old iPod, put in my headphones, and ended up somewhere else entirely. My flight was heading [...]

This article first appeared in Elephant Journal on August 20, 2019. I walk through my kitchen, I glance up at the same spot on the brick chimney.  I know what I’m looking for. I know it’s [...]

Straighten up Why can’t you straighten up? I’ve heard you tell me this So many times It doesn’t even stick I am staring down at my feet. There is a dusky white scuffing across [...]

It was not my proudest moment. The cloying air hung with stale perfume, faint sweat and an almost tangible dryness. Warm bodies were pushing against me as I shimmied my way against the tide. [...]

So. I’ve been trying to write this blog. I have five false starts of about 500 words and two whining journal entries.  It’s not writer’s block. It’s just not working. After several days of [...]

Are you ready for that awkward conversation with Aunt Cecilia? The intensity of the holidays is here. You are busy rushing about, preparing for family gatherings, work parties, cleaning house and [...]

“Those are it. She likes those.” He said it quite definitively. She squinted at him behind the Versace shades. “But she’ll need a few more minutes to admit it [...]

Steve at Dunkin Donuts smiled at me.  It wasn’t that pleasant, “Happy Sunday, enjoy your run!” kind of neighborly smile. It was that little bit toothy, little bit creepy, [...]

“No one has ever broken your heart.  They broke your expectations.”   When I came across this quote about heartbreak in an ad for Kyle Cease’s new book, immediately, I loved it. [...]

From Alison Armstrong, an educator and advocate of communication between men and women.  This is a great read – designed for men but powerful and helpful for women too.   This may be the [...]