Kodachrome

Kodachrome

Not long ago, my husband and I were fortunate to attend a lecture featuring two neurologists who’ve investigated H-SAM, and a woman who possesses H-SAM (hyper semi-autograghic memory), Marilu Henner, who was one of the first people studied. It was an evening to...
Nurturer/Examplar/No. One

Nurturer/Examplar/No. One

After this blog post goes live, my husband will take me for my knee replacement surgery. I’m unafraid, prepared, and ready because I had the other knee replaced last fall, and I know the drill.  But also because I am a Nurturer/Examplar, that is, a firstborn...
Writer, Storyteller, or Both

Writer, Storyteller, or Both

July 1 question – Is there anything you’d like to see changed, added, and/or rearranged about the book publishing industry? Because I have no opinions about the July question/prompt, I decided to share a question I was asked at a recent writer event: Is...
Don’t You Dare be a Square

Don’t You Dare be a Square

From Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia: In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles. Squares are special cases of rectangles, which have four equal angles, and of rhombuses, which have four...
Glasses

Glasses

Dorothy Parker, one of my forebears – and models – of spunk and bite, famously said, “Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” Thank goodness I’m long-married to a man who continues to love me mightily, magnificently,...
Do What You Fear –

Do What You Fear –

“Learning more will increase knowledge, but only attempting more will reduce fear. The more you try it, the less you will fear it.”   -James Clear Have you ever felt like you’re in a slingshot, and someone is pulling back the string and you are about to...