Phone Calls With Friends

I’m a phone person. Not a smart phone person, but a talk-on-the-phone-until-you-have-cauliflower-ear person. I love love love long phone calls … More

Losses Into Opportunities

I struggled all morning to write a blog post. I had a whole theme, title, and even some pictures to … More

It has been over a month and a half since I have written for the blog. My hibernation was for … More

Early in the summer, I visited a new friend and noticed new art on the walls, different pieces than what … More

When I was little, friendship seemed easy. If we both liked to swing and play in the sand box, our … More

Recently, I got a lease renewal notice from my landlord taped to my door. I opened it, puzzled, because I … More

It’s February and the month of Valentine’s Day and a very commercial time to express one’s love. Oh, the cliches … More

It was the first week in August. It was a big week. It was my first week back to work … More

In our family, there is an oft-told story about me when I was two or three years old. I was … More

Discomfort. I have been thinking about this quite a bit. Sometimes discomfort is a synonym for pain or numbness. Pain … More