Words Matter

OUT OF MY CONTROL

“Does that make you crazy?” My partner’s niece, Ashley, asked me as we were discussing her new nursing career and I was telling her that I had bee...

An open field, big trees surrounding, rows of folding chairs, and people milling about talking.

BUILDING A WALL

I had no idea what to expect when I found out that my partner would be volunteering at the building of the wall. Not “The Wall,” the one that ligh...

Outdoors, a typewriter with a bright flower growing in front of it.

WHY I TYPE

There she was, that beauty of a black Royal, sitting there, dusty, keys barely visible. Forty Dollars, the price tag said as it was marked do...

A woman in a dress with typewriter buttons all over it, holding a type writer, with five typewriters surrounding her on the ground.

DOES THIS MIRROR MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

Is it just me or are there fat mirrors and skinny mirrors? And here is my question for all the mirror makers out there, which one is the right one...

A woman sitting on a wooden chair in the middle of a sunflower field, candidly laughing.

ON A BENDER

A slight bump in the road occurs, occasionally, when I go off the deep end and slide into sugar and wine oblivion. Sometimes it is just a slight...

A woman smiling, giving the peace sign, holding a flag that reads "Pussy Power".

LOVELY MID-FIFTIES BADASS MANIFESTO

I am getting closer to my mid-fifties by the minute and I thought it would be fun to start a #lovelybadass manifesto. I want more loving and kin...

A screenshot of a picture that overlooks a large crowd, everyone with their arms up, from someone standing on a stage.

GETTING THE LED OUT

When I was first married, my in laws, my husband at the time, and I decided to head down to New Jersey to Six Flags on a family trip. This was one ...

NOT DRINKING TODAY (AGAIN)

“Are you drinking or not drinking today?” my friend, Morgan, asks me, on a regular basis, partly in jest, partly serious. This alone should be a me...

A mug alongside some other dishes that reads, "A storng woman lives here".

SOUND THE ALARM

These days when I see a group of women at an outdoor event in nice summer dresses talking to each other, I can’t help but think of Margaret Atwood’...

Outside, a table with a laptop, a book, and a salad. A garden in the backdrop.

WAITING FOR AN ANT

I have an unstoppable amount of energy that propels me, daily, into a whirlwind of activity. This energy is a force I have always had, one that wh...

Two women outside, candidly dancing with a crowd behind them.

PHONES DOWN, EYES UP

DANCE MORE, PHONE LESS

MAN-O-PAUSE

“You definitely need to workout in nature outside, often,” my dear and beloved fitness trainer, Kathy M., said to me after we finished an ass kick...