Nonfiction
Jif Wars
I want to incorporate a peanut butter and banana sandwich into my lunch routine and by the time my kind, loving husband returns home I am as excited about this sandwich as the Tea Party was about John Boehner resigning the speakership.
Twitter Defeats Writer Due to #GOPDebate
There is someone called Kasich who called ‘em out on their shit. The moderators actually want to tell the senators to shut up, but also tend to forget they have microphones. Ted Cruz has a flat head, apparently. The GDP is not consumption. The debate is scary enough to be part of a haunted house. […]
The Beautiful People Don’t Shop at My Walmart
“My only fear about shopping at Walmart on a Sunday after Spin class is that I’ll end up on that website: peopleofwalmart.com. I’d much rather be on the peopleofwholefoods website. The people at Whole Foods are so hot they should get together and publish a Whole Foods Swimsuit Calendar.”
100% human.
What is that one thing in your life no one knows about,what is that particular space in your heart you spend all your energy trying to hide?
Coping With Life’s Clutter
It’s here! My just-published e-book, “Coping With Life’s Clutter,” offers a collection of articles on dealing with the stresses of life.You can buy a copy at amazon.com. Spread the word & share the link — I would so much appreciate it! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0170EVIWC
Like Water
I recently read that it’s pivotal for writers to stay in the sentence. “Sentences are lonely.” Dangling punctuation and ambiguity is cowardly. It’s a cop-out. Finish the thought, finish the thought. Be uncomfortable. *** But here. Here. Let me write outside the lines. No longer giving such life to the past; to the people and […]
Gravity
The last time I wrote at length in this space I was unmarried, both of my kids were still in high school, and my mother was alive. Oh, and I wasn’t 50! As David Bowie so eloquently put it: “. . .turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes!” I am not the first person to experience […]
Are My Dogs Transgender?
My white dog barks at avocados, Alec Baldwin, and dung beetles. To be fair to Alec Baldwin, he only barks at him when he has a beard. Buddy is one of three dogs in my household. He is a Maltipoo, half poodle and half Maltese, and suffers from identity crisis, not clearly fitting in with […]
