Category: Writing
Music to My Ears
I went to bed pretty early last night. As a result my eyes opened at 4:30 a.m. this morning. It was fortuitous because I could hear Kallie, who was lying on the bedroom floor, whining a little–w... Read More
Dangerous Liaisons in Pine Valley
While driving home from the Apple Store today in Lincoln Park, I passed a Bank of America branch on Clybourn Avenue. Sitting in traffic near it, waiting for the light to turn, I was reminded that it w... Read More
The Day They All Knew My Name
With only a couple of months until high school graduation to go, I was content to quietly slip out the doors of my sleepy, small town high school and into my future at college. But one chilly spring m... Read More
Whispers of Birthdays Past
Within my families June is a busy birthday month. Yet I constantly forget it also contains mine until someone reminds me. Not as surprising, the same thing happened last year–as my birthday will... Read More
LOA Update #1
My original intent for my LOA was to blog every single day, but that hasn’t happened. Then I meant to post an update of week 1, but I was just too drunk to get to it. But now as I am in the mids... Read More
The Best Shows You've Never Seen
(An early title card from “Our Lives” when I first joined the cast.) There are many odd things about being “single” (that still feels weird to say or type) and living alone. Ea... Read More
Hopping Off the Hamster Wheel
At a month away, June 1 is a daunting and solemn date for me and for anyone who loved Ken. It’s the date he left us after such a valiant and graceful fight. Maybe someday it will be easier to &#... Read More
Firsts and Friends
Yours truly (right) with author and friend, Claire Bidwell Smith (left–and moderately preggars) Most months, the first is a sometimes glaring, sometimes dreaded number appearing in the first squ... Read More