So, anyway ( Read more... )

Ugh, the only writing day (half-day) I had this week, wasted.  Half the rest of the world's fault, half because I can't get out of my head ( Read more... )

When my parents moved into their retirement community, they befriended two neighbors in particular: a tiny, sharp-talking woman named Gina (short for Regina) and a down-on-his-luck fellow named Gary.

Gina reminded my Dad of his sister Jean (also short for Regina) --  also tiny and sharp-tongued -- who died a few years back.  Gina lived alone across ( Read more... )

I've wanted to tell this story for a while now. I have other things I want to get out, but I can't seem to find my voice without telling this, first. So here goes ( Read more... )

I took today off to write. Went to the coffee shop to get away from distractions, all the things at home that compete for my attention ( Read more... )

"The sacred song filled the four quarters of the earth, ringing through the realm of the blessed gods and the bleak silences of Hell. It was a hymn to life, to the love between woman and man that turns grief into hope, that dares to create life out of death, that fertilizes the barren soil with redemptive tears. Its power was of the earth, of the ( Read more... )

OH MY GOD I'M THIRTY-FIVE WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?!?

This Mother's Day, so far, is weird. Like a step out of normal time ( Read more... )

While my uncle was in the hospital, I didn't think much beyond "there might be a funeral".  But when he died and we started talking details, it dawned on me that my brother is going to be involved somehow ( Read more... )

My uncle John passed away last night ( Read more... )