It seems that lately, every morning I wake up, look at the headlines, (silly me!) and hear Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On playing in my head. Fifty-plus years later, and somehow, we’re still asking the same damn question. Back then, the song was about war, poverty, division, injustice, and people pleading for compassion. It wasn’t …
A friend and I recently spent the afternoon together sitting on a restaurant patio enjoying a glass of wine. We sat and chatted for some time. About twenty minutes into our conversation, I realized something. Almost everything we talked about happened a decade or two ago. Remember when we took that road trip? Remember that …
Smile. Hold It. A friend recently suggested we take a selfie. Ugh. She’s got a half decade on me and somehow manages to look like my baby sister in every photo. Anyone that knows me is aware that I’ve never been a fan of photos. Not in my twenties. Not in my forties. Not even …
I’ve been thinking. Could finding joy and love be the real key to longevity? When I say love, I don’t necessarily mean finding the love of your life. You can love anything. A career. A hobby. A cause. Your grandchildren. Painting. Gardening. Music. Writing. (Reading Kay’s posts!) Dancing. Volunteering. Learning. Whatever makes you lose track …
60th Birthday Gift from My Sister! (The gift was an antique typewriter that I just love.) One morning back in 2006, the strangest thing happened. I hadn’t written anything since high school, but I woke up with an entire movie in my head. No idea where it came from, but it was there, and I …
Last week I wrote a post, and I said: Courage now doesn’t look like jumping without a net. It looks like me and my trusty notebooks, my investment spreadsheet open, deep breaths taken and still saying to myself, “I believe in myself enough to try.” I promised myself that before my birthday, I would take …
This is kind of a follow-up to my post about shedding… and the one about writing (or rewriting) your third act. So, here’s what’s happening. In just a few days, I’ll find out if I’m receiving a writing fellowship… aka a grant… aka someone possibly giving me money to do one of the things I …