As a blogger and memoirist, I write real stories about mental illness, child abuse, language barriers, and identity. My debut memoir "I Asked the Blue Heron" is now available in stores and online in Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.

A Demagogue Is No Laughing Matter

Watch out for demagogues, fellow Americans, from left or right. A demagogue seeks power by appealing to the ignorant and uneducated with incendiary discourse, not by engaging in rational dialogue, or by setting out a sustainable plan for his nation.

Catch and Pitch

Life is like a baseball game. At the bottom of the inning,  play with a mitt in hand. Catch with humility.   I have been the recipient of generosity, more in acts of kindness than in material goods. When I was a single mother, I had the education necessary to get me employment. When I…

Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room

I have learned to walk in the dark house so well See colors where there is only a void Find beauty in the gloom.   Bend at the corners, Stride with confidence in the long corridors Avoid the depths of the abysm on the edge   Muffled in the comfort of silence Invisible to those…