Stay Safe!

Stay Safe!

“Stay safe!” Family members in Elsewhere USA universally said as they checked on our proximity to the Armageddon-like fires on the news. I know they meant well, but they’re unable to comprehend the immensity and score, no matter how many metrics I...
The Constancy of Chores Mediated Quarantine

The Constancy of Chores Mediated Quarantine

I used to eschew chores that were never over and done. Recycled tediousness, like making the bed. Washing dishes, doing laundry. A need for meticulousness that was never seen. Necessary to health certainly, yet – in the absurd year of COVID that 2020 has been...
My Favored Place to Write

My Favored Place to Write

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com “If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be? Today’s Insecure Writers question isn’t a question to me. It is a statement of peace and joy… For my...
A Cautionary TALE

A Cautionary TALE

 The good news is that my knees didn’t buckle, bend the wrong way, or creak during Thai travel. The bad news evoked more revery than a single sentence… Fragile, cautious, in jeopardy. Not feelings I’d ever experienced before. Never a victim of...