Real Life · Shorts

The Only Truth Worth Telling.

"Truth is such a rare thing; it is delightful to tell it." Emily Dickinson. This week the San Bernardino shooting made us pause and hunch over for just a moment to dig beneath the shiny objects shoved in our faces. Here in LA, the fame monster has subtly terrorized our psyche and lulled us into… Continue reading The Only Truth Worth Telling.

Real Life · Shorts · Writing

An Even Better Story

I had envisioned telling a very different story this morning but this is the one that unfolded. Today was a particularly windy California morning and I raced home down Balboa Boulevard in my gleaming, silver car anticipating some hot French roast coffee, when from my peripheral vision I caught the sight of what looked like… Continue reading An Even Better Story

Real Life · Shorts

Facing December

Facing December head on...this gimper staring back at me will be okay.

Real Life · Writing

Lessons from Playing Monopoly – When the Game is Over

A few weeks ago, I spent an entire Sunday afternoon playing monopoly with my son and before he rolled the dice, I said, "Honey, remember  you are already valuable, it's not what you have that determines your worth. Ok? " Well, I could have saved my breath because he was completely and irrationally obsessed with acquiring every… Continue reading Lessons from Playing Monopoly – When the Game is Over

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Selfies, Fleshly Cuffs – Much Ado About IT

This is the way a certain man's *story ends: He had John beheaded in the dungeon. And John's head, ratty with matted dreadlocks and a thick, scruffy beard, was placed on a gleaming silver platter and given to the girl, who served it to her mother, Herodias. Then his followers came, took away the decapitated body and buried it... The… Continue reading Selfies, Fleshly Cuffs – Much Ado About IT