Lessons: Turn Lemons into Lemonade and Pursue Your Passions
My family has learned to be supportive of my choices. This allowed me to thrive and live a slightly less frenetic life, balancing my needs vs. American stigma. Testament to the idea that there’s nothing […]
Could Ponyboy stay gold in this pandemic, apocryphal world? Can we? What’s gold?
Gold glitters in the sand on a youthful, innocent stroll at the beach. Gold’s the trace of a lover’s finger upon his loved one’s cheek, glowing with devotion and unsullied in the moment. Gold’s low […]
No, We Can’t Always All Get Along
Having a 98th percentile IQ confirms only that one is a fast thinker, not that one knows a heck of a lot. Though I might quickly be able to answer a trivia question, I often […]
Long-Lost Talent
I’ve begun taking piano lessons again. I used to play well, but have all-but-forgotten after 20 years of atrophy. We meet once a week and work through a simple book of scales, exercises and elementary […]
Temper, Temper
My mother used to tell me to watch my temper; I try, I really do. But sometimes I don’t succeed. How is this temper manifested? My first recollection of watch was when I was 3 […]
Tell The Untold Story, Sir
Start at the very beginning and hone your writing skills by telling tales in short formats. Life is made up of stories, so it’s no wonder so many of us want to tell our own. […]
Boost Your Creativity, Sir
Try these proven strategies to think, play, write, dance, invent, or anything else you want to do creatively, outside the proverbial box. Prepare your mind for creative thoughts by continually learning new things. Always been […]
Plan Your Makeover, Sir
Admit that some parts of you are sabotaging what the rest of you wants. Then make concrete goals each week that’ll pull your thoughts, feelings and behaviors in alignment with your desired traits. If you […]
Howl of the Full Moon
The first emotion I had felt when I saw him was not lust, but fear. Stark, cold, going to die fear. Moments before I had seen him, I had heard him growling in the enveloping […]
Missed Approach
There I was in a little Cessna 172, buzzing along at 110 knots across Arizona with one of my fellow CFIs and dear friends on a beautiful sunny day in April. I was more focused […]
Meeting Them
She gave me a recipe for beans and rice after my boyfriend and I had a delightful diner in her home. Her boyfriends and mine both worked in baseball. She had a beautiful face and […]
Beach Walk
I can see myself getting up from a small campfire and walking away from it across the dunes to the beach. When I go over the last big hill and down to the shore, I […]
Extreme Makeover
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Holiday Art Imitates Life
Ah, that crisp snap in the air. The changing of the seasons (in other cities, not where my home in LA is of course) can only mean one thing: the holidays are upon us. And […]
Holiday Letter to Those Who Call Me Arrogant
Well, here it is, holiday season again, and I’m so, so remiss in getting out those cards. It’s hardly December and I’ve already received cards in 4 digit numbers (just an estimate), and I haven’t […]
Teachers Aid
Some teachers enter our lives for just a moment; others create bonds for years. The best, though, leave marks forever. When I was a high school senior, my biology teacher introduced me to genealogical research […]
