Five Things I've Learned about Querying in Five Days
I'm new to querying, and if you could see my query letters in order of submission from first to latest, you'd notice a huge difference....
Why, Really, did Democrats Lose?
Like thousands of other Democrats, my inbox has been clogged for well over a year now by political emails looking for donations,...
Why I Am Marching
“Sore losers.” That’s what many Republican voters and officials are calling the Women’s Marchers planning to walk January 21, the day...
My Father's Last Blizzard
New Year's Eve will be the twentieth anniversary of my father's death, which coincided with the worst storm of the century. Over three...
For the Love of Dog - The Flight of Bea
World-wide Group of Sheepdog Lovers Band Together to Help One of their Own Andres Villagra of Buenos Aires, Argentina, wept as his dear...
The Woman at the Beach
She stood out, among the casual beach-goers dripping sand and sunscreen. She wore shorts and top in a matching print and gripped her...
Caring for the Caregiver
I am one of a huge number of individuals caring for a loved one who is slowly being swallowed by a chronic, degenerative illness. Think...
Another Dance - flash fiction
I recently attended a fundraiser for Parkinson's Disease, and observed a couple at the periphery of the group, trying to dance. The...
Life in G Major
The rhythm of life, ebb and flow, has no particular timing, no slow-fast-slow movements, no prescribed number of bars, no identifiable...
The Plasticized Turkey
This is based on a true story told around my Christmas dinner table just a few days ago. Sherry ended the phone call and sighed. Marcia...
