Mystery, History and Love: You’ll Find Them in the Details
My grandmother, Laura, died in 1997 and yet, she remains clear in my mind. From decades earlier, I feel her cool hands on my feverish forehead. When I was four years old and abruptly relieved…
A Quiet Revolution
Quiet, the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. Broadway Paperbacks, New York ©2012, 2013 by Susan Cain. “I have seen firsthand how difficult it is for introverts to…
Inside and Outside the Box
Despite rumors to the contrary, this writer has not been captured in or sealed in a box. Rather, I’m recuperating after a beneficial surgery. Before I raise further alarm (or indifference, which I fear more)…
“Change of Life”
I invite you to subscribe to or purchase a copy of The Examined Life Journal, a a thoughtful and interesting publication that considers human needs and experiences of health and suffering. Thanks to them for…
Migraines, Limitations and Laughing In Between
This week, all of the natural and artificial anti-blogging forces in the universe have conspired to keep me from writing here, so this is my attempt at defiance. I had a post half-finished on Tuesday,…
Children, Mirrors and Mothers on Other Days: a Meditation
As a mother, I’ve now spent more than thirty years considering and observing my children. From the time I first held them, I’ve pondered their selfhood and their destinies, neither of which have I predicted…
The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.
This review is based on a pre-release reading of the uncorrected, “galley” proof provided to me by goodreads. Novel Release Date: June 5, 2012. I just finished an early taste of summer vacation, with a…
A Skunk, Google Earth and an Anvil Salesman
Scene One: Goodhusband is making toast in the kitchen. “What’s that smell?” “A smell?” I concentrate and sniff. Nothing but toast. Gilda the white WunderSchnauzer paces at our glass patio door, sliding her nose along…
On Paper Wings
Have you ever read stories that resound with syncopation and flutter in your imagination? With pleasure that is almost painful? I have. Marly Swick was one of my creative writing instructors when I completed my…
Just as She Wrote It
What is that handwriting? Good question. This is a scan of one page of my Grandma Laura Feess’s ledger, a thin but treasured volume that my Mom recently shared with me. As a young wife…
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