That woman there in the photo on the right, that’s me at the start of my 38th birthday celebration. Doesn’t she look happy? I was! In spite of the snow fall that January night, quite a few of my friends had managed to make it to my party and I had my special birthday martini […]

I almost typed the title of this post without the asterik, but figured I’d ease into the profanity on this blog. As I work to develop my writing voice I have to be authentic and the authentic me swears. Sometimes a lot. And as a good friend suggested when we discussed my blog, my blog […]

I just read the following phrase: “Try Jesus. If u don’t like him, satan will always take you back” and all I could think as I read it is, “WOW! So if I don’t believe in Jesus I’m damned?” It’s such a strong statement, extenuating circumstances aren’t a consideration. It’s been that kind of week […]

Last week I watched two movie classics, Funny Face with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, and An American in Paris with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.  I have a few observations to share. I used to love musicals and now I find them annoying. Though I thought this was a recent discovery, it actually dates […]

I’ve heard people say that people swear/cuss/use profanity because of their small vocabularies.  I disagree.  There are just situations in which no other word but a profane one will do.  The use of just one cuss word can convey emotions that no other word and often, no other phrase, can.

I’ve been feeling really cheated lately. I feel that I have spent my life working my ass off for everything that I have and I’m exhausted. I’m no longer seeing what I have as blessings but as compensation for all I put in to this thing called life. I look around me at the amazing […]

Towards the end of Michael Jackson’s memorial service, his daughter spoke these words, “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father I could imagine. I just want to say I love him so much.” Those words spoke volumes to me. They were a reminder that Michael Jackson wasn’t just an item in […]

One of my co-workers passed away yesterday. Death is always sad but there are times when you expect it. When someone is older or has been sick for an extended length of time. In this case it is shocking. She was 24 and in, I believe, relative good health until she had an appendectomy a […]

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet some new people when I was invited to an apartment downtown. Upon entering the building the glass door to enter the lobby was red but you didn’t know that until you walked through it into the lobby and saw that the decorations were in fact not all red. […]

Originally published May 2009 In a conversation about Facebook, a friend once stated that anyone from their past not currently in their lives probably doesn’t need to be there. I wholeheartedly disagree. Though there are many people from my past who are not and will not ever be part of my present, there are many […]