Sweet Melanie
My second year of college, I moved out of the FIU dorms and into a Miami apartment with my sister. A decision to get back with my ex had torn … Continue reading
Doctor Why
If you’ve spent time with kids, you have probably fallen victim to the eternal line of questioning that inevitably comes when they understand the concept of “why,” around age 4 … Continue reading
The Company We Keep
I’ve been working on posting more regularly but with the schedule I have, that means short-ish & sweet. Here’s one of those, I suppose. I like to think about what … Continue reading
Happy Museday
It’s strange and unpredictable the way our lives reach into those of others’ and grab a hold. It might be through a kind of huge-ish experience or through a very … Continue reading
Monday Moxie: “Bear” Necessities
It’s a privilege to know others; it’s a necessity to know oneself. Life clears up & decisions make themselves when you learn to see yourself as you are. No distortions, … Continue reading
Mama-Always-Said-isms #17
I interrupt this sorely-felt stretch of blog silence to offer my mom a virtual Mother’s Day note. Oh the places I’ve been and seen because my heart grabbed hold of this … Continue reading
The Craft Cabinet
The Barney bag & my mom’s craft cabinet taught me to create. As a child, you could often find me on the floor in the back room of our tiny … Continue reading
Jack Says
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it … Continue reading
Normal-Schmormal
A TED talk is good. A TED talk in a British accent, even better. But a TED talk in a British accent that ALSO tosses normalcy out the window? Yes, … Continue reading
A Big Sister and a Little Tomato
There was a time when a single dirty dish in the sink of our shared apartment would spark a nuclear bomb of a verbal battle between my big sister and … Continue reading
SadPotatoes 