Scottie said he fell in love with me partly because during our first lunch together my jacket collar was turned up the whole time and I didn’t even know it.

That imperfection cinched it.

I had been ...

I've always loved the company of women. I realized how important we are to each other when I was a little girl and over the years I've come to appreciate the bonds that connect us from infancy to old ...

Even as a young girl, I was always happiest with a pencil and scribbler notebook. I dreamed of being an author one day, but given that English isn't my first language, I didn't believe I could be.

My...

If I have to be on lockdown, at least this time *outside* isn't calling me because it's -2 and the ground is covered in that snow-slash-sloppy-slash-slush that makes you wonder which shoes you're goin...

After my last post for 2020, my in-box was flooded with responses. It made my heart happy especially since given that last month my mind was questioning *why bother* at all?

Cindy said "as always, I ...

Look. You're still here.

If you're new here, welcome. These musing posts are a bit of a hodgepodge of things that have crossed my path and what's on my mind. The fact that you read them makes me incr...

Growing up, I always had an Advent calendar. Each day I would open the consecutive cardboard flaps that would reveal a small gift of chocolate. (I loved that they were a different shape every day.) It...

Has 2020 seen you lose your mojo? In the midst of a coronavirus crisis, falling into a funk and starting to doubt yourself is easy to do. (But, you already know that.) And looking like you've tried wh...

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries our own life-plan, which cannot be superseded by any other.

~C.G. Jung

Nothin...

We're friends, right?

I feel like we're friends. So, I feel like I can be really honest with you.

I always look forward to the holiday season. If you ask anyone who knows me, I've always been a *li...

Last night, on election day in a country that is not my own, I went to bed anxious and afraid. I woke up this morning feeling confused, sad, angry and bewildered. Scared to turn on media and listen to...