Blackbird

Blackbird

Jun 18, 2023 | Memoir

I’ve been eating out a lot for the past two or three weeks. Trying to make a conscious effort to get together with good friends to enjoy the food that I enjoy most, since I know that I can’t do things like that so much after my upcoming gastric bypass surgery. I’ll...
So Write

So Write

Jun 17, 2023 | Memoir, Writing Life

I’ve made no progress on Chasing After Rainbows. Truthfully, I’ve been focusing so much on everything for the surgery that I feel creatively inept. I sincerely hope that changes after the surgery, though, because I’ve still got a lot to do to even have my first draft...
Footloose

Footloose

Jun 10, 2023 | Memoir

Last August, I picked up free tickets to a show at the Barter Theatre through a silent auction for Sullivan County Imagination Library. Russ is not a huge live theater fan, whereas I could go every week and love it. Still, I thought that something might come along...
Surreal Childhoods

Surreal Childhoods

Apr 25, 2023 | Memoir

I was awakened this afternoon by a Facebook call from one of my cousins. I hadn’t heard his voice in several years, not since Mom passed away, five years ago this coming week. “Remember when I lived in that tent? How old was I? I can’t remember.”  He said that his new...
80’s Cruise 2023

80’s Cruise 2023

Mar 22, 2023 | Memoir

Each year, I face certain daunting tasks once we return from the 80’s Cruise: getting all of the pics and videos posted to share with my friends on Facebook; getting unpacked (I still have our two largest suitcases to go and we have been home for ten days now); and...
“One for the Mockingbird”

“One for the Mockingbird”

Mar 22, 2023 | Memoir

Sitting here trying to write blogs that are a week overdue, blasting my new Cutting Crew album in the office and crying, overwhelmed with emotion by the amazing life I have. I’ve always loved the song “One for the Mockingbird” by Cutting Crew. It was...