‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE VOTING!

Sleep much lately? I don’t. I’m not aware of anyone who cares about the survival and soul of our democracy who isn’t experiencing profound disquiet in this intense moment in the American experiment. Not only our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren,...

Floods and Shimmers and Survival of the Species, Oh My!

C.G. Jung famously wrote, “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” And if ever there was a time to shine what Joni Mitchell called our “little lights” into the darkness, this is it. It seems...

When the Earth Shakes

The grim death toll from the continuing temblors impacting Turkey and Syria has surpassed 47,000, and by all accounts it will continue to rise. Those of us living atop a hundred, intersecting earthquake faults in SoCal continue to shudder, pray for our sisters and...

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU

As 2022 moves toward its close, I find myself reflecting on endings—heightened at this moment by the recent passing of my dear cousin Tom. (I should say that WE lost him, as Tom is being mourned by family and friends across the globe. He touched many lives. He was...

The Mysterious Composition of Tears Has Arrived!

I’m thrilled to announce the birth of my latest creative baby! A sequel to The Fleur Trilogy, The Mysterious Composition of Tears is the first book of the series, The Further Adventures of Fleur.  From her youngest years—skipping and flapping and “butterfly...

Doctor Our Eyes

It’s been a hell of a year. Or two. Or five. The pandemic continues to spin out new variations, and we humans continue to squabble, sometimes viciously, over masks/no masks, vaccines/anti-vax. Pretty ludicrous, given that vaccines alone have saved over 2.2...