Ladyface Peak in Agoura Hills, CA I'll go gently into 2018. I am recovering from loss and sickness, too much travel, too much to do. Everyone's load is heavy, and mine isn't special, but right now it's so close, so personal, so heavy. I lost my grandmother and one of my … [Read more...]
Love Song for a Matriarch
My Nana passed away two weeks ago. Her impact on my life and the person I've become was profound. With permission, I am sharing my Aunt Karen's eulogy, which she read to family and friends the day we laid her to rest. Thank you all for being here to pay tribute to, and … [Read more...]
The Sign
In my last post I told you about how I was considering two different full time jobs. That turn of events was a big deal because I've been freelancing and working from home for several years, and the whole office job thing, being away from the kids after school, was big and scary … [Read more...]
Book Review: Everybody Has Everything by Katrina Onstad
You know how there are so many, SO MANY, novels out there that make you cry and think about terrible things and yet you can't put them down because the writing is so beautiful or the story is so amazing or, conversely, the writing is so awful that you can't believe someone … [Read more...]
When Your Move-a-Body Friend Is the Body
2010, Granada Hills, CA On the night of Lisa's funeral, we gathered at her house, the other Notre Dame '93 gals and I. Lisa, Lisa, Suzanne, and Julie (yes, there were three Lisa's, once.) We drank her liquor. We told stories in her living room. And then we stayed the … [Read more...]
