Suprise Me

My mother’s absence is part of my daily life now. But there are still times when the wound still feels fresh. Read More

Asking the right questions enables the client to reveal what they really need and to also guide staff to do the right work.   Read More

This photo, snapped from atop a tripod on my old Fujica SLR, captures a pivotal time in my life. Read More

Mom used to joke that I had "the attention span of a gnat." Read More

My glasses are gone, but the Retrospect survives. Read More

They were set aside as my Cemetery Shoes. Read More

(I keep updating this story as I learn new information about my long-lost, but still fascinating cousin.) The last time I saw him was in October of 1980. He’d called my office a day earlier. “You’ve got to come up over the weekend. It’s fantastic here.” Trying to get a room in Woodstock, VT over… Read More

The basement looked bright and cheery, and the wall added a lot of color. Alas, the sentiments on the wall remain relevant today. Read More

If I still was feverish, I couldn't tell once we went outside in the steamy Caribbean. Read More

Decades of slow progress towards gender and racial equality seem to screech to a halt, leaving ugly orange skid marks on the potholed highway to equality. Read More