Yes, I am still on my Only Murders in Building binge. Every day I watch it, I gain an insightful nugget that resonates with my life. Boy, do I wish lived in a building with murders I could probe and podcast. Well, not real murders. I wouldn’t wish […]
I’m now fully into my Only Murders in Building binge-watching mode. This will make two days in a row where I quote the television show. When I heard the female protagonist (Mable) utter this following phrase, I thought it fit me quite well. At one in point in […]
The boy made out of clay Was not a koala bear Not a figurine Nor was he a balloon boy He was made out of hot earth And sculpted as if he were a marshmallow An arm here and an arm down to the side He was stiff […]
Her face was flushed with emotion and pain. She wanted to find the truth. But nowadays everyone says that there is no truth. Yet everything has a story. This pile of junk – grars and widgets- represented her life. Rugged, rested edges ready to be thrown out. Not […]
I am used to being the only girl around. I worked for ten years at a non-profit that was about 90% men. At my first real job a few decades ago, all my “real” friends were men. When I went to graduate school and my whole cohort […]
Time was running out. She needed to make it back to Central Park before her carriage turned back into pumpkins. Fairy god-mother had changed the rules on her midway. It was a game of survivor at this point. She carried her mother’s bones in her backpack […]
Sorry mom: I cook only when I want to (which is hardly ever) When I was a young girl, I mightily declared that I would never learn to cook because I didn’t care to be that type of woman when I grew up. My family laughed at me […]
I’m a Sci-fi girl: How did that happen? When I was recruited to go to boarding school, I was told I was super smart and just amazing. I suppose I was. Perhaps for my context. Once at boarding school, I realized there were a lot of smart people […]
It is international woman’s day today: Although that is every day for me Everyday is a cause for celebration. Yes, that sounds a bit new age. I am, however, referring to the fact that these days every day is an official observation of a movement, illness or food. […]
Two Nerds Girls Dressed in Pink in a Western Bar Last night our bones were tired but our brains needed to keep going. We have been on the road for four days driving across the US Mid-west. We had met with over 20 people conducting business meet and […]