Father’s Day Gains a New Significance

Father’s Day Gains a New Significance

A late evening text on Sunday, June 18 altered our lives. It was Father’s Day, which is an empty holiday for us, celebration constrained because our dads are gone from this life and we don’t have biological progeny. Each of us sustains a mutually...
From Baby to Babe into Middle Old Age

From Baby to Babe into Middle Old Age

The recent passage of Tina Turner prompted this post. She’d always seemed ageless and powerful, possessing a vibrance that few others on stage possessed. In fact, she sold more concert tickets than any other single female rock-and-roller until Beyonce! When Tina...
Five Things  I Gained on Vacation

Five Things I Gained on Vacation

My husband and I traveled out of the country for two weeks, something we’d been unable to do for three years. As you may know, travel is our thing. We felt confined during the protracted homestay, like criminals on house arrest. Though none of us humans did the...
Learn Something New

Learn Something New

New Year’s Resolutions – Do you make them? Do you break them within thirty days and return to your cocoon? Or, do you become a busy spider, eager to weave a web to catch new tidbits and things? As you may know, music stirs my soul and keeps me vibrant and...
Things the Irish are famous for

Things the Irish are famous for

Ireland is the birthplace of scores of renowned writers. Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker. Jonathan Swift and Frank Mc Court. Samuel Becket, who famously waited for Godot. George Bernard Shaw and Patrick Taylor, who informed my small-town ensemble writing. William Butler...