On being a nurse

May 28, 2010
Cherry Ames, R.N. is rolling in her grave.But I can't help but wonder how it would've weighed into my decision, had I known.Something to...

Off to find Finian’s rainbow

May 27, 2010
That's County Cork in Ireland with the rainbow up top, and tomorrow we're off at the crack of dawn. Who knows, we might find the pot of gold at the end of Finian's...

The price of memoir

May 27, 2010
Writing memoir is a struggle.I'm certain that fiction has its challenges and that writers of that genre feel attached to their characters. But a fiction writer can make...

The best shape of my life

May 27, 2010
Aging brings with it many challenges, and one of them is staying in shape. By this time in life, most of us are more sedentary and the cruel fact is that it happens when...

It’s REALLY all about me

May 27, 2010
This is the perfect example of the "it's all about me" mentality I often write about. The one that I think is far too pervasive in America today.She's strangely...

Hope the chicken doesn’t cross the road

May 26, 2010
There's always a lot of commotion generated by the people who live kitty-corner behind us. We have a good view of their yard from the big window in our stairwell and...

No more writer’s block

May 26, 2010
Finally! After days of fear, doubt and uncertainty, I have a draft essay I'm comfortable with.The logjam broke just after I did the free-writing exercise, wrote the...

F— the Universe

May 25, 2010
I am stuck on something I'm trying to write.Tired of my struggle with writer's block, I reached out for support to two talented, experienced writers and got great...

Of missing pieces

May 25, 2010
For those of you who don't like Grey's Anatomy, how about The Pretender? Here's my all-time favorite singer-songwriter-poet, Jackson Browne, with David Lindley on...

Sanctuary; death & all his friends

May 25, 2010
Grey's Anatomy is the best TV show ever. I mean it. M. and I have gotten attached to the characters and that only happens when a show is well-written and well-acted.The...

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