I have this love/hate relationship with September. I always have. At my core I am a summer girl. Yes, I love autumn leaves and the first sign of a forsythia blooming in the spring. A day spent skiing the Rockies after a fresh fallen snow will never fail to make me smile. But the summer […]
Pushing My Own Buttons
People pay me to push their buttons. That’s why people hire a coach. So that someone else will make them do what they stop themselves from doing. Reaching higher. Stretching farther. Shaking things up. Refusing to settle for anything less than what they deserve. Pointing out what they already know but weren’t willing to look […]
Earthquakes and Hurricanes and Flooding, Oh My!
There is much to fear if you let it when you live in a city like New York. My mother taught me at a young age how to hold my pocketbook on the subway so my wallet would not get picked and to never to stand too close to the edge of the platform in the […]
Terrified
Today I am terrified. I’m not sure the reason. Maybe it was seeing The Help this weekend, a wonderful screen version of a terrific novel and feeling my story is so small in comparison. Maybe it was reading The New York Times yesterday and being reminded of last week’s roller coaster ride in the markets […]
San Diego Stories
Once upon a time in a world long, long ago I traveled for work. In the days before 9/11 it was fun, but never quite as glamorous as it looked from the outside. I attended meetings and conferences in almost every major city in the continental US. I learned how to navigate to get upgrades […]
The Secret I’ve Been Keeping
I have a secret. Well, maybe the first part is not so secret. But I’ve had this desire to be a published novelist. I’ve written two novels that have been shopped up and down the streets of this city by my ever-faithful agent. Each of them has received their fair share of rejections. I’ve learned this […]
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