This season of COVID brings up many emotions. There is fear and uncertainty, a sense of how everything is put on hold. As a result, I have revisited the subject of how to express grief in writing. We grieve because what we once knew as normal has changed. We may grieve because our lives [...]
My father used to call it filling the pipeline. “You just keep putting things into the pipeline, eventually it will come out the other end," he would say. Somehow he forgot to tell me that sometimes it takes a lifetime to fill up that pipeline... at least, that’s how it was for me. [...]
I am breaking out of old spaces and I am aware how difficult this can be. To me it can feel like breaking out of a very old box. Sometimes we hesitate to show our newest work. This happens to us all, I believe, especially when it deviates from what [...]
In 2015 I took a huge risk. I started to share my own personal work in a blog. This blog was not about business, like I had blogged before. In those early blogging days, I became a part of a 30 day blogging challenge created by Bradley Wills. A part [...]
“And those who were seen dancing, were thought to be crazy, by those who could not hear the music.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche No one told me that not everyone could hear the music that I heard... As a child, I just assumed the people around me were like me. [...]
In honor of my dearly departed friend, Susan Smith Evans When I answered the phone to hear your husband telling me the news of your tragic accident, my mind fought against accepting his words. I listened to Ron and the story he relayed. No! This could not be happening. And when I [...]
Our memories matter. They can hold special moments that allow us to become who we are today. These memories can bring gentle experiences to others who otherwise would not have known... “My mom used to braid flower wreaths for me when I was little,” my daughter said. My ears perked up. She remembers [...]
I wrote this blog post a few years back and published it on another site. When I first wrote this article, I reached out to the artist of this sculpture, Ann Gildner. I told her how deeply moved I was as I stood before her sculpture. Her response to me was this: “You not [...]
