My twin sister and I were recently asked to speak to a women’s group. We are a little rusty because we’ve actively avoided being at the front of a non-GTWoman event for about a year now. It’s not that we don’t like it. It’s just that it always plays out like this: The excitement When anyone […]
Cookie’s secret life
Cookie is living a secret life. She disappears for hours at a time and has no explanation for herself. Finally, it came out. I saw her picture on Facebook. She was on a back deck that wasn’t ours, enjoying a drink with a man who wasn’t Tim, outside a house that wasn’t hers. “What is […]
GTWoman’s Office Space
We’re often asked where our GTWoman office is. It’s hard to explain that it’s about one mile down, on the left, just before the hard right turn. Watch for the trailhead sign and park near the first trail you see. Because we don’t have a “real” office. Unless you count Lost Lake Pathway, where we […]
Writer’s Digest essay: Alone
My second “5-Minute Memoir” titled “Alone” is out in the March/April 2015 issue of Writer’s Digest! Check out the issue at Horizon Books, Brilliant Books and BAM in Traverse City. My essay is about being alone. Being by myself is one thing. But after losing my mother, I was alone in a way I couldn’t comprehend, couldn’t fathom. And […]
Jigsaw puzzles – Let’s Jig!
Jigsaw puzzles. What’s not to love? A favorite at preschools and nursing homes. And one of the few ways to gather a family of four around a card table without any battles, scoring, tears, game-piece assaults or flat-out accusations. Usually. Every year I try to pass on my love for “jigging” to the children. It […]
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