The Freedom of Acceptance:
One of the unexpected gifts of being diagnosed with ADHD twenty-five years ago: I'm no longer embarrassed when my brain wanders off.
This is a form of … Continue reading >>
I discovered a book club group discussion on Facebook about the phrases and words readers notice, and how those words then seem to appear in every book. It made me realize that readers are pattern … Continue reading >>
Serenity's Anthem: Kacey Musgraves' "Dry Spell"
Writers believe we make deliberate choices about our characters, but then a song comes on the radio and we suddenly recognize something we'd written … Continue reading >>
Fashion in a Box:
Instagram must think I need help. Not help-help, but fashion help.
Dozens of styling apps fill my feed with promises to transform me into my best-dressed self or to reveal my … Continue reading >>
None of them involve a cape!
I may not have the power to fly or read minds, but I’ve developed a few, strange, human superpowers over the years that can also be seen as oddly comforting when you … Continue reading >>
The Beauty of a Battered Language:
Finley Peter Dunne (1867 – 1936) once quipped, “When we Americans are done with the English language it will look as if it had been run over by a musical … Continue reading >>