Twirling a satirical spin around life’s idiosyncrasies
Posted in City grit on May 30th, 2009
“Are you sure you’re in the right place, dear?”
A woman with greying hair, a turtleneck and a no-nonsense set of freshly sharpened pencils glanced at my peach tote bag crammed with my laptop, a handful of borrowed books and a copy of season 3 of Sex and the City poking loudly out the top. I, [...]
Posted in Philosothings on Apr 21st, 2009
The past year has proven to be a remarkable one: a year marked with tremendous personal growth, unforeseen challenges and strengthened friendships. A year mixed with love, loss and eternal hope that ignites my spirit and sends it soaring to unprecedented heights. A year fortified with people and places for which my gratitude is continuously [...]
Posted in Philosothings on Mar 23rd, 2009
My mentor once discussed with me the act of showing up for one’s own life - “to be present and not simply there,” as she explained it one April afternoon. I always assumed it had more to do with showing up on time for appointments and the like, a task which has never been my [...]
Posted in Philosothings on Feb 21st, 2009
I made the proactive choice to sacrifice my social life this month, choosing instead to forge relationships with the dozen or so books I’ve devoured between the scribbling, the editing and the waiting. Two books in past four days, actually; 600 and some odd pages of time spent with the women whose memoirs I must [...]