As we closed out this first month of the year, NevertheLess We Persisted: MeToo arrived on Audible (and many other platforms, including Audiobooks.com, Nook, and Hoopla). I’m deeply honored to have been invited to participate, as both a writer and a narrator, in this special collection of prose and poetry created by survivors of sexual…
My daughter is two. I learned the hard way that I need to build in transition time for her. A toddler can’t be rushed; it’s a recipe for disaster. I find that giving her warnings (“Five minutes and then we take a bath”, “Two minutes til bathtime!”) really help. And once the moment to shift…
This morning I sat quietly listening to the rain, feeling wet tears on my face, and I rested with Mary Oliver for a while. Her words. Her spirit. Making sense of the world. Speaking to me, breaking it down, putting it together. The world lost a giant today. If you are unfamiliar with her poetry,…
The first full week of the year is almost on the books! For me, it’s been a bit of a slow start. And I’m (perhaps uncharacteristically) ok with that. Usually I am so gung-ho. I come out like gangbusters into the new year, signing up for this class or that, making lists and committing to…
Oh, this year. This year! 2018. One I’ll never forget. Full of twists and turns and sadness and unexpected-ness and upset and horror and grace and pure, magic joy. We all struggled through a lot of shit this year. We lost people. We fought. We called out perpetrators. We made mistakes. We loved and hated fiercely. We…
It has been quite a moment in time here in California. The mass shooting in Thousand Oaks and then into all this. As the fires still rip, an ominous vibe hangs in the air. People are shaken, disquieted. Here in the Central San Fernando Valley, the air is heavy and so are my lungs. That…
