"So, you went to sleep a year ago, and then what happened?" My friend Melanie, the miniatures artist turned travel writer turned certified wine expert, asked me this during a phone call last week. We haven't connected in real time since about a year ago, so she was … [Read more...]
Summer in Agoura Hills
Early summer, before every day stretches into an endless parade of searing hot sun-scorched misery. The first concerts in the park, the ice cream truck, the trips to the beach. The feeling that school doesn't start again for a long, long time. We adults know the truth, that … [Read more...]
Things That Self Help
Self help. I had a year full of turmoil starting at the end of 2017. Deaths, losses, internal strife, a job change, a fire. One stressful situation after another, and I reached a point at which I had to do something to strengthen myself against the next blow. After all, I'm … [Read more...]
Photo Collage of Malibu Coast
Hello, 2019
Happy New Year Oh, hi! Yep, I'm still here. It's been a while. It's been several months and a handful of big life events. I just read my last post...from July! Is that the longest I've ever gone without publishing here? It seems comical to me now, this idea of … [Read more...]