Here I sit with no shortage of topics to write about or projects to delve into. It is snowing outside with no signs of letting up until early tomorrow morning – or so says the weather report. Which should mean that cozy in the confines of my home/office this should be a very productive day. […]
How I Learned to Love Something I Never Thought I Would
I was a monogamous kind of girl in a committed relationship. For what seemed to be forever. I did not stray. Until I was forced to. Until I was given no other choice. Until I felt I had been abandoned. My needs no longer met. At first I thought it was a rumor. Some little […]
I Really Am An Author !
I am really an author! I realize that for those of you who follow this blog regularly you are already bored because you know that. I have written about my journey. You have seen my book for sale on Amazon or Barnes and Noble, perhaps even bought it. But you see the person that doesn’t […]
Afterbirth
Having never had children I don’t know from personal experience what happens in those first weeks after giving birth. But I’d think there are some similarities to what I’ve been feeling since The Secrets They Kept was published. This book after all, was my baby. Instead of nine months, it took seven years. Seven years of […]
Giuseppe’s Getting Ready
Most of us spend our lives trying not to be seen. Slipping just far enough under the radar so we can call ourselves a success without getting too much attention. We play by the rules someone else created for us, our family, our culture, our religions. Not being seen fully allows us to keep our […]
Snow Days
I decided to take today as a snow day. It was after all, a winter storm watch according to every television outlet in the New York Metropolitan area. Big fat flakes came down fast and furiously, blanketing the city streets in the middle of the day. I checked with my new boss, namely myself. She […]