Choices and Twisted Bliss
Fast forward to the next day and my mind is adjusted. I will make it. If I diligently chip away and carve a path back to where I want to...
Back in the New
I'm back in the saddle today at work and my living situation. Feeling as blue as ever. It's so hard to start over in a new location. I...
Birdies On a Branch
Today was the perfect storm of events. It could have blown my anxious personality into hysteria. The winds whipped in and I wavered but...
Relatable Characters
After attending different writing conferences, I've learned several aspects of writing characters. One of them is to make them real....
Love Captured
What a magnificent picture I witnessed on a trip to Italy. The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City,...
Research and Making It Real
My mom got a thrill out of me folding into the trunk of my car and asking her to shut the lid. In a matter of seconds I was ready for...
Gen X vs. Gen Z in Texting
I heard something on the radio today that made my skin burn. Well, admittedly that could have been the warm Florida sunshine breaking...
The Call That Changed It All
Last month I received a distressing phone call. It felt weighty, like a judgment regarding my future. I'll never forget where I was, what...
Waves of Rhapsody
Nature did it to me again. Yesterday in the middle of medical chaos in my life I needed a walkabout. Naturally, I was drawn to the marina...
500 Napkins
I had a rough start this morning. I eased out of the house before 5 a.m. to get a coffee to jump start me for work. Nearly $7 later, I'm...
