I’ve had a lot of emails this past week about my recent posts. I think people are worried that I’m alone or sad or actually, going public with feeling alone or sad, but everyone it’s okay. That’s my job. That’s what I do. I live and then well, write about it. You could say, I […]
Category: Love & Loss
Upside Down Romance
Yesterday the reporter/producer and cameraman from Seattlle King 5’s ‘Evening Magazine’ show returned to my house to finish filming the segment they’re doing on me that airs 7 pm, February 23rd. In Hawaii last weekend they filmed Ty giving me a surfing lesson, including the land lesson, and then later, interviewed us as the sun […]
To the Lions
It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve had more dinners alone than with others. The boys are with their dad this weekend and their grandmother is visiting from California so there have been no calls from them to break the silence here at home. I’ve been trying to eat real food this time instead […]
Diversions
As if I didn’t have enough distractions at my desk, on my computer, to keep me from writing. And now I have another. Logitech Video. It’s like MSN Messenger with video and sound, only I can’t really get the video and sound to synch live so right now I’m in a training phase of emailing […]
Mango
Somewhere in the spectrum of pet lovers is a place for me. I’ve always loved the dogs in our family, am happy to feed the goldfish, will reluctantly accept the adopted stray cat that wants to sit on my lap (purring and kneading no less). However, I draw the line at rodents. Furry and fuzzy […]
Snow Birds & Beach Girls
I’m not a snow bird or a beach girl. I am, to be quite honest, incredibly unathletic when it comes to skates, skateboards, surfboards, skis and snowboards. Anything requiring balance, edge, coordination, confidence, and speed is pretty much, not in my skill set. My skill set? Slow, grounded, immobile, fixed, quiet, contemplative. There we go. […]
Menthol Woman
There are considerable advantages to a long distance boyfriend. I only have to shave my legs when I see him, thus saving me from nicks and cuts for weeks at a time. I can leave my hair curly, only flat ironing before he arrives thus creating the impression that I’ve naturally straight shiny hair. I […]
Those Wonderful Emotions
I was asked recently by a young beautiful French Canadian woman studying psychology in Hawaii if I was an emotional person, and if so, did my emotions benefit my writing? The woman said her psych professor at the university said many artists draw on their own emotions to create. I was unusually uncomfortable answering her. […]
Time Out
Don’t read this if you’re an aspiring writer or a die-hard reader that doesn’t want to see behind the magic curtain. It will discourage and disillusion you, and just possibly annoy you. No. This blog isn’t for the dewy-eyed hopefuls, the ones still wearing rose colored glasses. It’s for the tired writers, the moms who […]
Game of Life
Did any of you have the board game Life? The edition I grew up with had little plastic red cars with pink and blue plastic peg people that fit inside the cars. I loved filling my car with people–a mom and dad, twin daughters, and a baby son. Or, a mom and dad and four […]
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