A woman emerges from a shell on the beach. Caught up in the bliss of becoming, she spreads her arms... Read More
St. Patrick’s Day is coming! Store windows are going green, and it’s not about the environment. Cardboard shamrocks hang in... Read More
The writer of one of my favorite love poems, A Birthday, was Christina Rossetti ~ a Victorian spinster. What was it about Victorian spinsters that inclined them toward poetry, and a passionate inner life? Truly, they were singing birds! They sang their hearts out despite the cages in which they... Read More
January. Dark days and long nights. Branches, black against a frozen sky. The swirl of snowflakes on bitter wind. The... Read More
At seven a.m. this morning, I switched on my computer to read my email. I checked my bank balance, and... Read More
Advertising copywriters know the power of magical thinking. It drives sales! Why else would you buy a pair of overpriced running shoes, hoping they’ll help you “Just DO IT!”? Why else pay big bucks for an expensive spa membership (“It’s all about YOU!”) praying it’ll help you get your groove... Read More