Indie bookstores by name alone, sound like a hip place to hang out. “Indie” started with the music scene and by nature connotes feelings of creativity, freedom, uniqueness and independence. It’s a world of happiness and happenings—a cool place to be. One of my...
I love Easter. I love the colorful candy. I love the cute baskets. I love egg hunts and treasure hunts. Most of all, I love the chocolate Easter Bunny that lords over the entire basket. When my kids were little, they cracked open the plastic seal on their Peter...
For the first time ever, I am consumed by March Madness. I kind of paid attention over the years, enough to know Duke and North Carolina are the top teams for what seems like forever—maybe Kentucky too. Crazily, I recognize Duke’s coach. He looks the same except his...
In my recent memoir, Alive and Fixable, my chapter “Cyclists And Saints” describes my fix for keeping Hubby safe when he rides. I was out of sorts when Hubby was in a terrible, terrible accident back in 2010. Mostly because he was hurt, but why? It didn’t...
“Tons of customers are buying cauliflower pizza crusts,” my friend, a part-time checker at a local fine-foods store informed me. I kind of liken cauliflower pizza crust to spaghetti-squash “noodles.” Not feeling it…. But, if that’s what’s trending, maybe cauliflower...
As I watched the film Free Solo, my stomach grew queasy with each ascent up the face of Yosemite’s El Capitan by rock climber Alex Honnold. It was clear he was very special; crazy, was a common word to describe his unshakeable determination and daring. I kept...
The start of a new year brings on all sorts of promises to do better at something or a lot of somethings. Usually it’s the fitness promise and it shows in the packed gym and lasts about a month; I notice this trend because by February, I can get whatever equipment I...
When I tell people I wrote a book, Alive and Fixable, they look at me funny like I don’t speak English and they have no idea what I’m talking about. “Ah, ok, cool.” And then they look away and bring up the weather or vacation plans. I can understand not knowing what...
It’s really happening! My name is on a book I can hold in my hands and a bunch more are in boxes in my entry way and in the trunk of my car. It’s online everywhere: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and ibook. I’ve been dreaming of this moment for a long, long time. ...
And I finished writing the book. I’ve been working really hard for two and half years. I hang out in cafés, mostly Papillion in my hometown. The lattes there are rocket fuel for creativity and the foam is stamped with love. I posted about that once. It’s weird,...
