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19Nov
‘Why Me?’ A book of darkness that illuminated my truth …
A year ago, I knew nothing of Jim Swain, not even his name. Today, my perceptions of life are forever broadened and deepened for meeting and working with him. That is the beginning and the ending of my story in what has been the adventure...
14Aug
Lessons from the London Underground: finding the buried treasures
Was there a reason I went to England, I was asked? I suppose there was. At the time, it was a vacation promised my 12-year-old, who as the youngest of three spent a great deal of time the past few years in airports seeing her siblings...
27Jul
View from the Depths: a Mermaid’s ode to a book club
We are warmly welcomed into a room lined with books – on shelves, tucked under the coffee table, footing the window seat, surrounded by a view of water glinting defiantly under clouds leaden with the last of a rare summer rain. High on an island...
09May
From tragedy comes humanity: perspective from the desk
Twenty-five years ago today, on May 9, 1992, my community endured a massive tragedy. Those who survived, and those who remember, were forever changed. Including me. It takes reflecting on this anniversary, however, for me to see how the Westray mine explosion affected me then,...
12Apr
Writer’s Block: One Reason Why, The Three Things that Fuel It
I have an output ratio of 100:1. That means for every word, idea or story I manage to force into words and out of my pen, there are 100 backed up in my body, getting restless and bored and clamouring to get out. It’s exhausting...
02Apr
Tuscan Thursday: where my renaissance begins
You know those annyoing little barricade graphics that pop up when a website is Under Construction? There’s one on my company, my career, my life, orange cones everywhere. Icoudn’t be more lost. And I couldn’t be happier. There was a time when like a frantic...
31Dec
Put numbers in their place
My Resolution for 2017. Why? Because it’s just a number, this New Year’s Day included. Being another year older and wiser, I have come to realize that my stress with the approaching new year has been not my lack of accomplishment, but the setup of...
05Dec