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Ordinary, Extraordinary People
She was optimistic, energetic, earnest and animated. Decision time. Do I say something funny, but sarcastic and possibly mean? Later, as I listened to her art presentation to a class of engaged...
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The Perfect Choice
I can hear the cracks in the wall before the tidal wave lays me low. They sneak up on me – the whispers of shoulda, woulda, coulda. I am paralyzed by my imperfect perfectionism. Before I can rally, I...
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Radio Silence
Allegorical sculpture (Silence) by Giuseppe Blasetti, Campo Verano, Rome Italy. A fog enveloped me in the last week and like most dense, inexplicable fogs, I find my way out of it by writing. Of late,...
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Surviving the Holidays: An Introvert’s Guide
It happened in rapid succession. The emails landed with a resounding thud on my psyche today. “Hello Everyone, We’re thinking that for Thanksgiving…” and “I know it’s early, but we’d like to coordinate...
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Premature Glee at the Holidays Almost Being Over
This morning I was wrapping the last few Christmas gifts and humming carols. It’s the happiest I’ve felt in about three weeks. Last night was my in-law Christmas event. Tonight we have a small eve...
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An Introvert Walks into a Conference…
I’m in a hotel room in downtown Minneapolis, wrung out and exhausted from smiling and talking about my novel with other writers. My hobnobbing and pitching at a writer’s conference garnered two...
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Auntie Scrooge’s Unsolicited Advice for the Holidays
Now that the competitive shopping marathon has begun and social events designed to crush the soul are in full swing, I’ve grumbled my way through a mall, a holiday party or three, and the receipt of...
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An Introvert Walks into a Caucus…
In the United States, a precinct caucus is the smallest unit of politics one can participate in – it’s the beginning of the beginning. Last night, the Republican and Democrat caucuses took place in...
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Digging Out
Unintentionally, I stopped writing. Like the earth under layers of snow, I felt weighted down by the auspices of winter and the world at large. The news of the day is unrelenting, painful, infuriating....
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The Necessity of Silence
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written here. I have to believe it is because I had nothing to say. It’s a novel concept these days – keeping one’s trap shut when one has nothing to say. We’re...
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