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...
What’s brewing, Witches?

What’s brewing, Witches?

Halloween allows us to juxtapose darkness with lightheartedness. It’s a chance to poke fun at some of our greatest fears, to turn them into absurdity and something less threatening. It’s a way to cope. It’s also the ultimate kids’ holiday – in...
Days shorten; reading lists don’t

Days shorten; reading lists don’t

After hiding in the color wheel almost all year, orange has emerged as a dominant color because it’s fall. Pumpkins on porches, pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks, and a change of leaves’ color on deciduous trees. Sunsets come earlier as the days shorten...