Words Matter

Woman in a long dark dress, bold glasses and hair pulled back, smiling, her back against wall of distressed brick.

CLARITY IS POWER

New Year’s resolutions are powerful. They wake up my sleepy procrastinating self and propel me into a momentum of unstoppable energy that screams ...

Blurred photo from the sand on the beach, the sun setting in the distance.

THE SUN ALWAYS RISES

a new decade hanging out with the first sunrise of 2020.

The corner of a room, a tall shelf filled with typewriters, a small table with another typewriter, and a small mirror hanging above.

HOW CLEANING A CLOSET SETTLES MY BUSY BRAIN.

How the simple act of cleaning a closet helps settle and reconfigure my over active mind.

A round table with different styles of mens lace up shoes.

A FREE SUNDAY

"Virtual" lessons in going shopping 2 Sundays before Christmas.

Text that reads "Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so".

"FORGETTING MY PHONE"

A day without my phone brings some added pleasure and a day of goodness during this holiday season.

Text that reads "We either make ourselves miserable or or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same" Quoted by Carlos Castenada

WHERE ARE YOU HEADED?

Trying to make peace wtih travel, technology and all the noise.

A picture frame with a photo of a young man and woman, him with a tux on, both smiling.

DEAR MICHAEL ANDREW HOROWITZ

Remembering a sibling twenty four years later.

Woman with bold glasses, hair pulled back, smiling, holding a card that reads "thankful & grateful".

WASHING MACHINE HEAD

Does your brain ever feel like it is on the spin cycle of a washing machine? Some people refer to it as “crazy brain,” but I don’t care for that la...

A standing chalkboard leaning against a wall with french dishes and their prices.

BOOB TAPE AND IDENTITY

There are so many odds and ends when you are getting ready to travel out of the country. Besides the packing and the postponing of newspapers and m...

Picture of a photograph, a woman standing behind a man with her arms wrapped around him, both smiling.

I WILL REMEMBER YOU

Mom, my head is killing me, the text said at 6:00am after I responded to the preceding text of, Are you awake? My son, Michael, never really cal...

A large sign with a rainbow shining over it, reading " karma is only a bitch if you are".

FALLING DOWN, GETTING UP

Meeting a new friend for lunch yesterday on a lovely Friday afternoon, the only stress I had was trying to find a parking space in Providence on ...

A fence, lined with flowers of varying heights and colors. More plants farther off with two colored wooden chairs.

FROM A DREAM

Before I closed my eyes last night, after a good and hardy unexpected romp, I took several deep and grateful breaths. Flat out on my back, supreme...