Ruminations

We are fragile beings - nothing drives this point home more than watching my mom struggle with multiple significant health issues.   My moth...

This morning, tired and stressed, I subbed in for one of the admin team covering cafeteria duty.  This is the best part of the morning (I sa...

 Last Wednesday, sitting in the hospital while my mom was undergoing a second surgery to immobilize her broken pelvis, I began to feel light...

The cell phone vibrates with a call; my sister...but my dinner is just heated and the glass of wine stands ready to refresh.  I hit the butt...

I have literally no idea what I said on Thursday afternoon.  I do remember standing on stage, microphone in hand, and gazing into the darken...

My go-to activity these days is to hunker down into my reading chair and escape into fiction of all sorts. Reading is an acceptable form of ...

I sit quietly in my chair, breathing in and out in an attempt to calm myself after the argument.  I focus on the rhythmic whooshing in my ea...