Orders lifted, may still stay home. Read More

Within six months of their birth, my mom enrolled my brothers, Keith and Kevin, in the Screen Extras Guild, and then, after they had some experience under their tiny belts, the Screen Actors Guild. As babies, they were sometimes hired to play one role because labor laws restricted infants from being on camera for more… Read More

My husband says this sounds just like me. I can't imagine what he means. Read More

Lacking a logical sequence Early on I broke In black and white and slow motion. Unaware of the cracks Pieces missing large and small I plowed forward Heedless, fearless, helter-skelter And whenever things went sideways Jumped on the bandwagon Blamed myself Just not good enough.   Repeat, repeat   Maybe halfway through  I stumbled over… Read More

Of course I also loved the subversive version... Read More

I loved making Valentine cards then, and I love it even more now. Read More

As this prompt was actually my husband’s idea, I thought I’d give him credit where credit’s due. He happens to have quite a hat collection himself — at least fifteen (not including caps). The featured photo, taken by him, is one of them. I do love a man in a hat.   Read More

I’ve worn a lot of hats in my life. As an entrepreneur, I’ve been chief cook and bottle washer in probably a dozen small businesses from baking cheesecakes to designing greeting cards to writing books and everything entailed in getting them to market. But real hats? Maybe a handful, if that. I just don’t have… Read More

I refused to watch the previous inauguration, More accurately called the abomination, But teary-eyed in hopeful celebration, I watched this one with at least half the nation.   Don’t get me wrong, I am all for Joe, But if you ask almost anyone, the women stole the show. Not just the performances of Lady Gaga… Read More

A museumgoer and an artist, I think a lot about the symbiosis between looker and maker. Read More