In a world clamoring for likes and clicks, opens and conversions, how does one measure opening one person's mind -- even if just a smidge -- with words we write, stories we share…
College job #1
Last night, a wee bit high and journaling, I started thinking about jobs I held in college and my coming-of-age years. I started listing them best I could remember. I…
I like to make balms and salves. Really good ones with really fabulous ingredients. I make them for myself, for friends and -- come the winter holiday season -- for many of the…
Here's a story I wrote for The Laurel Independent newspaper printed each month and distributed locally. It's about Friends of Tonga and the good work they're doing to support educational opportunities, water-scarcity issues and…
Many people say such things as "I can't wear yellow."
And that just ain't true.
You need to know which yellow you "get" in your seasonal color palette. For example, I'm a soft, smoky, rosy,…
College Job #3
My 18-year-old self naively assumed once I left my parents' home for college, I was out--gone, coming back just for holidays and special events. And as my freshman spring semester…
College job #2
My second job in college was also a work-study job in the same dining hall, except it was at night when the dining hall was transformed into a bar. Or…
Hmm. Interesting.
Vivo Barefoot is refurbishing worn and returned shoes and reselling them. Interesting.
I do love the brand they created for this effort-RE-Vivo. I mean, is that brilliant, or what?
On an eco/ethical/marketing level, it's…
In another era and another time, long before sites such as ebay, Poshmark and even Facebook Marketplace allowed people to resell items online and find buyers far and wide with relative ease, thrift…
I visited UMBC's campus earlier today to meet up with their magazine's managing editor and photographer for a photoshoot they were doing for an article I wrote about one of their alum, Chandra…
Back in the day when I was new to a divorce, new to reclaiming my life, new to the hula hoop and new to the very small community of hoopers I'd met along…
This happened last night.
I had a small gathering and one of my guests arrived with the combo pack of Martha's Chard and Snoop's Cab, which I thought was cute.
But…