Who’s the dipstick now? — There are times that I am surprised to be wrong. I forget that I don’t know everything. Whenever I get to feeling too uppity, I remember the time I put oil in the car. Ethel Barrymore said “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.” …

A marital mystery — At first I thought it a coincidence. I’d walk into the room and he’d turn off his phone. Or swipe his finger across the screen, closing the page he’d given his full attention just moments earlier. Sometimes, when I looked up from my reading I’d see him slide the phone…

One Sunday, in the middle of a snowstorm, a naked man walked down a busy highway in Michigan. — One Sunday, in the middle of a snowstorm, a naked man walked down a busy highway in Michigan. He was wearing only a leather cowboy hat, his clothes and shoes were abandoned next to his truck, which was settled into a ditch along the highway. I wondered, just for a…

Memories of a Pregnancy — I thought there would be more blood. Don’t get me wrong, the blood came. The pain, the guilt, the confusion, rage, sadness, guilt- hell; the whole smorgasbord of emotions piled on top of me until I couldn’t take a deep breath without every mote of willpower I had. But, at…

A Moment I’ll Never Forget — Bundled into a too-small thrift store coat that pulled against my chest and bunched weirdly at my waist, I trudged down the alley, hunching against the wind and hurrying to get to the crowded little house before dusk moved to dark. We’d lived in the little two bedroom rented home…

Some things you need to find out for yourself — Vocal has outdone themselves with the latest wild Challenge, and as those on the platform wait until April 27, 2023 to find out the winners, here are some things I learned about this form of writing. I had to hit the books (OK- I looked into the eye of the…

One is a job, one is who you are — Seldom are people hired to be leaders. In fact; I searched on LinkedIn and, although I found jobs hiring for team Leads, I found not one job posting for a Leader. That’s because a Leader defines a person- it’s not a job. Manager, though? Manager is a job, it’s a position…

Strange thoughts that run through my head — An earworm is music that runs through your head over and over. That must mean that these random thoughts are mindworms. If sharing an earworm cures the issue for a person then perhaps my sharing these mindworms will stop these things from ricocheting through my mind. You are welcome! Here are…

At the end of Women’s History Month- join me in celebrating these 10 women who are writers! Since 2020 we’ve taught ourselves to do a mountain of work online that would have been done in the past face-to-face. Besides learning to unmute before we speak, managing to carve out office space…