


Surrender to Coloring
To celebrate the first-year Book Birthday of my debut novel, I thought I’d share a little something that I’ve enjoyed during these past several months. Adult coloring. How it Started I received my first adult coloring book and a few colored pencils as a gift that I...
There won’t be trumpets
There are heroes in the world, wrote Stephen Sondheim in the song There Won’t Be Trumpets. Princes and heroes in the world; and one of them will save us…wait and see, wait and see. That hopeful promise was followed by a warning: There won’t be...
Déjà vu
One of the more compelling Twitter hashtags for me is #vss365, which invites followers to write a ‘very short story” and includes a daily prompt. Yesterday’s prompt was “nightfall”. Isn’t that a great word? For me, it conjures all...
COVID-19, Quarantines and the Muse
It appears that COVID19 quarantines have motivated the muse of some people around the world, from bloggers sharing new recipes using every-day pantry items, to youtubers trying new home haircuts (I mean, almost anything is better than quarantine hair!), singalongs,...