Last week I attended a workshop where I sat with friends and built a vision board for 2019. We cut and tore images from old magazines before pasting them into collages about what we want in our lives. Across the top, I pasted a headline from an article that … [Read more...] about Dream Fearlessly
Recently Published
On Finding New Ways Forward
It took a year to write 324 words. Midway Journal recently selected “Postcard from My Future Self: Inland Empire” as one of the contest winners in their flash prose contest. This micro essay began as part of an email not long after I moved away from the Bay Area in search of … [Read more...] about On Finding New Ways Forward
What I Did On My Summer Vacation (Mid-Life Crisis Edition)
In late June 2005, Mom and I embarked on a five week, cross-country road trip. I was in the midst of what I call mid-life crisis, part one. After I quit my job, Dad and I purchased a 37-foot RV, then, Mom and I headed off to see states we hadn't visited--which meant … [Read more...] about What I Did On My Summer Vacation (Mid-Life Crisis Edition)
Wish You Were Here
Last Spring, Wanderlust Journal posted a submission call for postcards, fifty-word micro-essays about travel with an accompanying image. Easy enough, I thought. In addition to thousands of digital files on my computer, the closet in my home office is stacked with boxes of … [Read more...] about Wish You Were Here
Before and After
I dreamed about the dramatic difference that my Before and After shots would reveal. For most of my life, stuck in the muck of food addiction and restriction, I believed that if I were thinner, life would magically become better. Along with the perfect body, I'd find … [Read more...] about Before and After