Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
 “Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person… Read More
When I was a child, I discovered the joys of printing the alphabet on wide-ruled, unbleached paper that were so cheaply made it contained bits of wood that would catch my pencil lead and cause my carefully formed letters to go astray. I learned that if I practiced making the letters reach the appropriate lines on the paper -solid lines… Read More
 He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. ~Leo Tolstoy  How do you leave a note of love? Ever since I began dating the man who is now my husband, we have left little notes of love for each other. Sometimes we leave a trail… Read More
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” -Scott Adams I’ve got a problem with people being nice to me. I do. Maybe it was how I was raised. Self-sufficiency was the rule, and on those shameful days you had to ask for help you had better dang… Read More
I wrote this some time ago but wanted to bring it back. A few weeks back, on the anniversary of my mother’s death, a woo woo moment occurred at her gravesite. My sister had just visited a psychic. The woman asked who the third child in the family was because Mom had a message for that person. I am the… Read More
 “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” Author: Penelope Riley Rollercoasters are fun. Usually. This week has had its share of ups and downs, giddy happiness, and then will I survive the drop? moments.  For instance, just copying and pasting the above quote caused my Mac to say… Read More
In confession…we open our lives to the healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of him who loves us in spite of what we are. —Louis Cassels “Raise some hell.†Thus was the ending line of my mother’s day card from my beloved and thoughtful daughter. Her note was handwritten in an assortment of colored pencils. Why? Because she’s good at themes, because… Read More
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? ~Satchel Paige Like cats wanting to be fed, the couple ahead of me at Burger King kept veering right into my path. The husband (I assume) acted as though he had been dropped in a foreign land with no money and the wrong translation book. He turned… Read More
I’m nervous. In a heartbeat, the summer art vendor season will be upon me, and I am experiencing intense moments of anticipation and fear. Â The anticipation comes from meeting people and being part of a unique industry…artists who must do their art. It’s exciting to test my work on a larger scale and to follow my heart. The phrase “art… Read More
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” Ray Bradbury Roxy, Dee’s dog, met me at the door with soulful amber eyes. Two cats slept in nearby chairs. A second dog, Missy, came up for the sniff test. I passed, apparently, because… Read More
