Winter Blues Morphing into Spring Fever
It's the end of January and this morning I crashed. Except for a driving compulsion to sit next to windows when I entered dark restaurants, I was never aware of seasonal affect disorder until my daughter was diagnosed with autism. Then, I became acutely aware of...
“It’s a Book. Jack Ass”
"Can it text?" "Blog? "Scroll? "WI-FI? "Tweet? No...it's a book." The above is an except from the back cover of It's a Book. The short story's dialogue takes place between a mouse, a monkey and a donkey. Rather than...
No Assumptions, Plz. Myth Busters R Here
Assumption Number One: Yes, I've been Divorced. No, he was not/is not a scoundrel. No, I was not left Desperate. Destitute. Or, Deeply Depressed from The Big D. We had a healthy, peaceful, professionally mediated Divorce. We conducted ourselves like adults...
Brene Brown Keynoting @ Blissdom!
Three down and two to go. The Seminar Slut tramps on into 2011 and I am so excited to hear Dr. Brene Brown, Ph.D. this Thursday at Nashville's annual Blissdom blogging conference! Blissdom was started by Allison Worthington, a smart and savvy mother with her...
“For Once in My Life”
In the country of music, an independent film about a Florida Goodwill Industries employee band garnered the Best Music Documentary at Nashville Film Festival last spring. The film is an endearing collection of stories within a story, including how a volunteer band...
How the Universe Conspired on My Behalf; Or, How a Flood Forced me to Finally Start Cleaning Out Our Garage
"Oh. No. Is that Rain? Or..." Quickly, I rushed to the front door. Opened it....No rain. That meant my fears were correct and the sound of water was coming from our garage/basement. It began on an otherwise peaceful Saturday night. Husband 2.0 and I lay on...
MLK, 2011
I am reminded today of this post from two years ago on the cusp of the United States' first black president's adminstration. Lore has it that the following sentence was a viral text among the black community during Obama's campaign: "Rosa sat so...
