I wrote this post a year ago for someone I love who was suffering from depression. Having suffered from it too, I asked myself to come up with the top five things that most […]
Five Easy Ways to Fall in Love With Yourself and Find Happiness
Turning the Tables on New Year’s Resolutions
The Facebook post of a friend, asking others to share their New Year’s Resolutions, reminded me of what I’d decided last January. Â I’d add one thing to my advice: congratulate yourself on […]
A Matter of Life and Death
Letters to Colin Firth: A Book Launch
In Praise of Frivolous Things: Christmas Lights in the Dark
It’s December and that means I’m listening to Christmas music, enjoying Christmas decorations and lights, walking through the Christmas displays at my favorite stores. I’m awash in red, green, silver, and gold. […]
The True Nature of Confession
I’ve found it to be true you’re only as sick as your secrets. But, really, as memoirists, are we to have none?
Confessions of a Motormouth
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” ~ Plato I’m not saying my mother is a fool, but when I […]
December: Confession
In high school I prided myself on knowing the best gossip, and later I became a journalist. The question I had to ask myself, when the time came to finally write a memoir, was how much to divulge.
Apologizing for Existing
Run Towards Each Other by Katherine Riegel
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
Another winning entry in Brevity‘s Holiday Smile contest: It is Thanksgiving, again. My smile is a weapon cutting off access to my grief-treasure. Or perhaps my smile…
