Tuffy and Other Happy Things First off, let me start by apologizing. It’s been way too long since I sat down and wrote one of these—way too long since I had the emotional energy to write one. This...Read More
Something for Which I am Thankful I grew up in a house where everyone was welcome. We didn’t have a lot, but holidays were days when those who didn’t have a place to go, or couldn’t get home, ca...Read More
Coming Out Again This week I came out on my personal Facebook page. My friends there are compiled of mostly family, close friends, and high school alumni from Northern California. I had actually been ...Read More
The End of 2018 to the Beginning of 2019 2018 has been a good year. I stepped out of my comfort zone and traveled to England and it was a wonderful adventure. The Bold Strokes Book Festival in Notting...Read More
Summer—GCLS—And Writing It’s been a super busy summer so far this year. GCLS was fantastic, as usual. It was so awesome to see old friends and meet new ones during the whirlwind of conference da...Read More
My very first reading at GCLS. I was super nervous. As I recuperated from the whirlwind of my first Golden Crown Literary Society conference a few weeks ago, I remembered it was just over a year ago w...Read More
I took that single step to change my future close to ten years ago. It was just one of many that I took to get to the life I’m living today. One of the biggest steps was the decision to go back to c...Read More
2016 has been a mixed bag of emotions for me. There were a few low points, I lost the last of my puppies. Birdie, my beautiful Papillon at 15 and Coalie my playful Cocker Spaniel at 12. They had long ...Read More
Have you ever talked to someone you haven’t seen in a week, month, or even years, and felt as though you’d talked to them just yesterday? This past week, what started as a few text messages ba...Read More