Through the Looking Glass: Traveling In
Today is my last day of vacation. I don't have the sad chore of packing up the car to make a long drive home, and I don't have to rush ...
Through The Looking Glass: Language of the Gut
Words are only one way Truth is revealed. The universe is constantly delivering less tangible "Language of the Gut" messages (sent...
Through The Looking Glass: On Happiness
hap.pi.ness noun: the state of being happy synonyms: pleasure, contentment, satisfaction, cheerfulness, merriment, gaeity, joy,...


For Emma: This is 19
Tomorrow is my daughter’s 19th birthday. About a month ago, and again yesterday, she lamented its arrival. “What IS nineteen anyway?" ...


Through the Looking Glass: 20 Words
Some days, I just can’t spit it out. The story in my head takes me eight minutes to tell you about when I really could’ve summed it all...


Through the Looking Glass: On Perseverance
I really need to get off my ass. In my quest for creative self-fulfillment, I’ve vowed to release a blog post once a week. If you’re...


Through the Looking Glass: Mid-Life...or Mid-Strife? It's all About Perspective
I’ve always been the type to roll her eyes at those women who lamented turning 50 (or 40, or whatever). I’d hear them talk about getting...


Through The Looking Glass: Embracing Vulnerability
Sometimes, the things that free us—writing, singing, painting–are the very things we’re afraid to tap into because when we do (and are...


Through The Looking Glass: Stuff Like Geese and God
It’s been three weeks since I moved into my new nest. It’s a quiet, clean modest apartment for Emma and I on a private lake sprinkled...


Through The Looking Glass: The Discomfort of Change
Discomfort: A word perfectly fitting for ramblings about things like endings and change and fear of the unknown. Some people embrace...



























