#57 Got My Toes in the WaterIt’s a beautiful thing to be at the seashore on my birthday. I’ve spent so many birthdays here. And this year is so strange and quiet. A...
#56 Pedal to WhateverIt’s 11:16pm. In 46 minutes, I will be 50 years old. It’s weird and cool and exciting and UGH and WOW. But the thing that’s on my mind is...
#55 Glow, Glow, Melt and FlowI haven’t been sleeping well the last few months. Between the pandemic, the sick dog, and the election, I guess I have to make room...
#54 The Downtown Trains Are Full With All Those Brooklyn GirlsA fellow storyteller posted this great essay about New York City on Facebook this week. It was in response to that d-bag hedge fund guy...
#53 My Heart Was Gone When We Reached AvalonOne-inch picture frame: Going the to the seashore Even in their leanest financial years, my parents always managed to make sure the whole...
#52 This Is the Way to Turn Your World AroundThe great thing about writing these blog essays is the conversations they open up with friends and family. I love the comments but also...
#51 Heathcliff, It's Me, I'm CathyI’ve been a reader my whole life. As a kid, if I wasn’t parked in front of the TV watching the Bionic Woman or Laverne & Shirley, I was...
#50 I Said There Is No Reason For My FearI’m on Week 10 of 12 in The Artist's Way and it’s a tough one. TAW is basically a 12-step program for “creative recovery” so it’s all an...
#49 I Get a Check on Friday, But It's Already SpentI gave myself another one-inch picture frame assignment: my 90s “temp” job. Before I landed in advertising, I worked at a number of...
#48 Until All the World Had Been Stripped of SweetnessAbout 8 years ago, I went out to dinner with a new friend. She was chic, boho-gorgeous, and had the effortless confidence of someone who...