In early January, 2024, I attended the visitation and said goodbye to my sweet friend Jan. Her passing was a melancholy way to bring in the new year. I was grateful that I knew her for the few short years that I did. She was seventy-nine, just shy of her eightieth birthday, and though she… Continue reading Living in the Light (24)
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Almost Fifty
Is this really it? Is this what life is like now for me who's less than a month from turning fifty years old? Fifty years old! And all I can think is--how the hell did that happen? Wasn't it just 1981 and my family moved to rural Beltsville? The library was an old trailer down… Continue reading Almost Fifty
Happy Place
Where is your happy place? Most likely, your answer depends on how old you are and where you are in your life right now. Our happy places change as we change. Or maybe not. It would be fascinating to find out. Anyway, recently I was thinking about a place that was special to me more… Continue reading Happy Place
Living in the light
Death has been a theme in my writing for a long time. I didn't realize I wrote about death until recently when a friend pointed it out. It's true. My fiction is filled with all kinds of death themes, but they're not necessarily morbid. Death is a part of life for all of us, but… Continue reading Living in the light
The Second Chance Writer 