My blog is a catch-all of topics and a variety themes I find interesting. My first blog, Left on Red: Tales from L.A. was first published in 2002; over time, it lost its luster. After a hosting mishap eradicated that first blog, I took a long break from web publishing to focus on my career and being a parent. I have been keeping a journal and reading, but to date, not a lot of writing. In these extraordinary times—with societal upheavals too numerous and various to list—I have found new connections with friends and family, with literature and history and within my neighborhood and community. The economic fallout of the pandemic found me without a job and income. Rather than feeling tripped up by the sum of it, I see a host of new opportunities and outcomes. I’m looking to infuse my writing with insight, vulnerability, optimism and wit. I hope you find something worthy of your time.
- Finding My Walden
Valentine’s Day, 1979. My parents gave me a beautiful leather-bound edition of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden that year as a gift. My father, who has an amazing talent for calligraphy and my mother, a musician, are proud to have given me the book. You can tell from the care given to the inscription on the… - The Boy in the Box
This story was first published in Virginia Commonwealth University’s annual Richmond Arts Magazine. Thank you to Dennis Danvers and Gregory Donovan for the early encouragement in creativity. The boy placed his palm against the door, the print of each finger dancing lightly across the surface as if the door were too hot to touch or…