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...]
The Pallbearer
It snowed on the day of my grandmother's funeral. Big fat flakes. I wore the full-length wool coat I left behind when I moved to Los Angeles in 1995. The boxy shoulders dated its style, but it kept my legs warm, and besides, my Nana was dead, so who cared? I insisted on being … [Read more...]
Bloom
In reviewing my first draft of my (first?) novel, I have found the word "bloom" used as a verb several times. You might wonder why I don't remember writing it so often, but other writers might tell you that they, too, review their words as if reading a work penned by someone … [Read more...]
Just Right
Her greatest wish was to have a best friend. Someone she liked, who made her laugh, who brought her joy. To be included. To have someone to save a cookie for. A buddy for the bus ride to the field trip. Her best friend would hand deliver a birthday party invitation instead of … [Read more...]
The Road Taken
When I was 24 I moved from New Haven to Pasadena. I packed everything I wanted to bring with me into a bunch of big boxes and shipped them via UPS to the site of my new unseen apartment on Cordova Street, blocks from Colorado, a mile from CalTech. It would have been romantic and … [Read more...]
