I was 9 years old the first time I saw the future before it happened. Dad and I were up on the flying bridge of our 30-foot cabin cruiser doing the crossing from Long Beach to Catalina Island. I sat on the padded bench on top of the boat that warm fall evening, marveling at … Continue reading The Future Out of Time
https://open.spotify.com/episode/02jynInWZ4Lrfzg5gdvhNp?si=WXM7kFBbQWukIOv-bH50ig I got her at the pound on my 26th birthday, a fluff-ball Shepherd mix with big brown eyes, floppy ears, and a perfect black diamond dead in the center of her tan forehead. She was just seven weeks old, not yet ready for adoption. I lied to get her out. They found her in … Continue reading About Face—A Dog Story
An Atheist on Morality... https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qR82NGgFQQThSE9XuR9jU?si=h3DY5pz1TdeeF4YMXNkTHQ Einstein did not believe in God, as many [mistakenly] claim. Albert Einstein said, “My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.” He clarified, “The word God is, for me, nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends. … Continue reading Atheism and Morality
James Whren is brilliant. Beautiful. Wealthy. Stripped of everything he's left alone in hell with no one real to save him. Until Elisabeth. - Reverb is a love story like nothing you've read, guaranteed. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B1J60FS/ https://youtu.be/vVshoEWZZFg
New Book Review for A MARRIAGE FABLE: Journey Toward EnlightenmentIf you're a fan of magical realism like I am, you will enjoy reading this mystical story. A quick read with plenty of drama kept me engaged. It's a story filled with equal parts regret and redemption. It always feels good when a narcissist jerk gets … Continue reading New Book Review
A modern twist on a Christmas Carol, A MARRIAGE FABLE is a novella, another tall tale of the powerful genie, Finnegus Boggs, and his lessons on love that inspires Andrew Wyman, a typical modern-day husband nearing his 25th wedding anniversary, to become a better man. New #Review: Journey Toward Enlightenment If you're a fan of … Continue reading Married? Wish He Was…Better?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mZnXeKz2I9AwrAugpTtQF?si=xbDknxyRRw2dxhlhT2am0w My second job out of college I was the Art Director for 1928 Jewelry Co. The company is still alive and vital today, quite a monument to startup lore. My boss, Fred Burglass, was the best boss I've ever had. Funny. Kind. Patient. Smart. I really loved that man. He was like a father … Continue reading On Networking
The other day I was running my usual route and a woman pulled her car out of a business park driveway and blocked my path. The instant she saw me approaching she pulled her car back, allowing me room to continue running on the sidewalk instead of into the street to get around her. I … Continue reading A Little Kindness
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6khB0mctgVj4qtz6ktl178?si=fD8GH1dfSyqKLEtr6Jbpdg I’ve been on the outside looking in since I was a little kid. Failing to assimilate, I worked at cultivating unique and different. After achieving this coveted perception, I no longer wish to possess it.Unique often translates into strange. And as the mother of a 10 and an 8 year old, I do not … Continue reading The Folly of Perception
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2B6yJY1AYeS6fI7R0TrHDY?si=ngomJfl7RPSk96lLsrFJGg Am I two inches from the floor I can't see, or the next step is a 200 ft drop? Been fighting myself over this since I started writing fiction. I face this battle every damn day I sit in front of my laptop, the cursor blinking at me, waiting patiently for me to decide … Continue reading On Writing Fiction
