First order of business; Save the Date! Two events to launch “I Had a Swell Time” are in the calendar; April 23, 2:30 p.m. at…
Shame is a powerful silencer. My working theory is that the degree to which one is comfortable sharing their shameful secrets is the degree to…
In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, King Leontes becomes irrationally convinced, without concrete evidence, that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, another…
When you reflect on the biggest life changing circumstances you’ve experienced, how long did it take before things felt normal again? Or, how long did…
How many headlines can you read without shrieking obscenities at your screen? Esther Perel emphasizes that our quality of life depends on the quality of…
Welcome to September, the “other” new year. I hope everyone had a great summer. Mine was a quiet one, quieter perhaps than I would have wanted,…
In high school I was part of a group of five girls. All of us had other friends, but we were a group unto ourselves….
Two years ago I wrote about a young man who struggled to find his footing after starting grade nine at a new high school where…
Via Zoom, I meet with other groups of writers on a regular basis. One of these groups originally formed during Covid to aid and inspire…
If you are fortunate enough to have friends from your high school years, (beyond a Facebook connection), here’s a question; if you met for the…