New Year’s has me ruminating on the highs and lows of the last three to four years. Two years of being high from weight loss, hoping for an agent/publisher, and a fabulous trip to Ireland has given way to just plain wanting to stop coughing. After diet-disrupting stomach […]
(Inspired by the December theme song “Baby Its Cold Outside,” written 12/04/2017.) If you forced me to rank what lured me into loving Christmas, the top three would tie, but here goes: In Third Place? The happy smiles, better moods, and all around good cheer. A close Second Place […]
There’s a scruffy, multi-stage bar just outside of Chicago where I go to hear quality music. With low ticket prices and easier parking (usually) than in the city, the cool venue offers wide ranges of rock, blues, folk, and more almost every night of the week. But one day per month, five or […]
(Inspired by the October theme song “Monster Mash,” written 9/29/2017.) A kindly neighbor has taken pity on me. He whistles before he approaches me in my garden. It’s safer that way. I’m less likely to psycho stab him with my pruning shears, or any other sharp gardening implement […]
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Daring Greatly, Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW
Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty
The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
Jaqui Mulvenna: Behind My Mask 