The Benefits of Singing

The Benefits of Singing

Carols are foundational to the celebration of Christmas season. Modern pop songs and jingles provide abundant opportunities to sing during the holidays, too. Singing is one of those rare activities that don’t require talent to be enjoyable — those  who can’t carry a...
Autobiography for Me

Autobiography for Me

If you were writing your autobiography, what title would you give it? It’s an interesting question, isn’t it, perhaps more interestinging than the contents of the biography, since most of us live mundanely ordinary lives. Like Sands through the Hourglass… a long...
My Favorite Writer: Hubbell Gardner

My Favorite Writer: Hubbell Gardner

Robert Redford passed away a couple of months ago and within weeks the Turner Classic Movie channel marathoned his best known movies.Yay! I’d seen most of them during my young adult years, yet recorded them for posterity and personal delight. I watched them,...
The Grumbles of Knee Replacement

The Grumbles of Knee Replacement

I’m feeling nostalgic and more a little picqued. Twelve weeks post knee replacement, I long to resume my healthy lifestyle activities to accompany the cessation of pain. Weekly I participated in water aerobics, yoga, and tai chi, activities recommended by health...
Hula Hoop-La

Hula Hoop-La

A recent headline, hidden among the dire and more dire news, grabbed my attention. In fact, the print words practically shouted from their mid-page position in the newspaper. “Studies have shown that regular weighted hula hooping can decrease abdominal fat and...
Yo-ho! Yo-ho! It’s the Writer’s Life for Me –

Yo-ho! Yo-ho! It’s the Writer’s Life for Me –

November 5 question – When you began writing, what did you imagine your life as a writer would be like? Were you right, or has this experience presented you with some surprises along the way? In 2012 my passion for my private practice in speech-language...