I am not a Cat Person
Although we had plenty of cats as Jesse grew up and brought them home, I never grew into a cat person. But when this little creature was spayed, she and…
Why wear one string when you can wear two? -Coco Chanel
Queen Elizabeth II had a love for three-strand pearls because her grandfather gave her a three strand when she was just 9 years-old. Pearls have been coveted as symbols of…
Consoler-in-Chief
I've been thinking about empathy. empathy the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another . . . https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy…
Living on the Piney
I have been blessed to live in some beautiful surroundings in middle Tennessee. Once Jesse left for university, Tony converted our barn hayloft into our home, right on the Piney River, 50…
It’s Getting to Look a lot Like Christmas.
I am a former children’s librarian—and of course a mother. I can’t resist: If you are a new mom, here are my top ten must-have picture books, if you had to choose—which…
“Ten years. A lifetime and a blink.”
. . . wrote parent NMG on Twitter. Her daughter died in the Sandy Hook shooting, December, 2012. "AG, we used to wait for you to come home. Now you…
“Silence Encourages the Tormentor”-Elie Wiesel
In my YA novel, (unpublished as of yet) I wrote a scene where I come home to learn that our rabbi and his wife had been beaten by neo-Nazis. I worried…
Feline Interlude, a Re-do
Cammo and I bonded when she was in that ridiculous cone, recovering from her spaying . Right now she is curled up next to me, our morning routine. She shows…
The Bungalow
In the 8 years that I lived in L.A, I fell in love with one house. On a cul-de-sac, it was Hacienda-style, white stucco, ubiquitous red-tiled roof. Besieged by wild…
Offering Hope
JH, a resident of Fort Myers Beach, said it “looked like an apocalyptic disaster” when she made her way there after Ian slammed the shore. Homes the storm tore from…