Someone on a Vespa

My husband and I are downsizing. In addition to getting rid of furniture, clothing, comic book collections, and abandoning many … More

Comfortably Numb

Last night I went to a local brewery to hear some music from a talented cover band who covered Pink … More

I turned 60 today. My husband Jonathan threw me a lovely birthday party over the weekend. The event was wonderful … More

My aunt died recently. She was my mother’s sister. My mother hasn’t spoken to me for 15 years, nor have … More

The culture of my birth family is that of estrangement. Growing up, my aunts, my mother’s much older sisters, didn’t … More

My mother ran away from home when I was 15. The Friday before Mother’s Day. I got home from school … More

In 2016, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of The United States hard. Really hard. My daughter had just gotten … More

Well, I never really posted more of my writings about beginnings during the first week of the new year as … More

At the start of a new year, we habitually look forward towards the twelve months ahead of us. Much less … More

Memoire writing is one way to purge your psyche from all the memories one’s acquired over a lifetime, be it … More