It’s a Hard Knock Life for Kids, Books & Reviews
Little Orphan Annie knew all about what it’s like as a child to live a “hard knock” life, and yet …
Category Archives: Addiction
A Kintsugi Novel, Finding Beauty in Broken Things
I’ve always been fascinated by the Japanese art of kintsugi and all it represents. “The story of kintsugi—this style of …
My Wild Child, My Son, “Rider on the Storm”
I wrote this tribute to my son seven years ago, shortly after the birth of my granddaughter. Recently I posted …
2018 – A Look Back, a Look Forward
The end of a year always signals a kind of reckoning for me, the urge to look back and assess …
A Happy Ending for My Novel? For My Son?
One of the publishers we sent my novel to wants a rewrite of the ending. While their readers said they …
A Walk on the Wild Side – For People Who Love Addicts
A few years ago I started an anonymous blog with the above title to talk about addiction. About trying to …
“I See You But Do You See Me?” – Artist Marc Clamage, Bearing Witness
Since my last post, I discovered another artist who refuses to turn away. He bears witness one face at a time by …
A Dream Within a Dream Within a . . .
My daughter’s wedding day had arrived and everything that could go wrong went wrong. We arrived at the church only …
Rants and Rage and a Bright Rush of Wings
The last few posts I’ve tried to write, again and again, disintegrated into dark rants and rages. Rants against a …
Houseless, not Homeless
Once when I was part of an effort to end homelessness in our community, one of the participants who had …
