We Are the Champions
“I’ve paid my dues, time after time. I’ve done my sentence, but committed no crime. And bad mistakes, I’ve made a few. I’ve had my share...
Be You - Be Beautiful
"I'm ready for my close-up.” Doesn’t that simple phrase just evoke all kinds of glamorous images? That line was on repeat in my head...
500 on 50
When I turned 10 I got a puppy, my sweet Dewey. I loved him with my whole heart and became a ‘dog-person’ from that very moment. When I...
World Cancer Day 2018
Ten years ago my life changed forever. I was set on a different path, not one that I chose or even believed I could embrace. It wasn't...
Ghosts
“And she don't fade, the ghost in you, she don't fade. Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade.” - Psychedelic Furs, “The Ghost in...
HAIR - A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS
India.Arie sings about hair being her crowning glory. Willow Smith whips hers. There is an entire musical about it. Even bands like Rush,...
Turn Turn Turn
A piece I wrote for The Underbelly ... “To everything (turn, turn, turn), there is a season (turn, turn, turn) and a time to every...
The Ties That Bind
Yesterday I went to my local mall to run a few errands for work. A new store opened and I wanted to do a bit of poking around for Spring...
Sierra Bay
I watched her get slower, thinner, weaker. I watched her stop eating. I held her and kissed her and told her she'd done her job here -...
On The Eve Of My 10th Cancerversary...
Hello there Jenn, it's me, well, it's you at age 48 and yes lady, you made it this far so yay you! I'm watching you, on a warm Monday...
