free…DUMB

Now is the perfect time for me to admit that I have found this election cycle both maddening and exhilarating. Why it has been maddening is obvious. But exhilarating? It has been interesting, from a strictly psychological standpoint, to watch the crazy in America come out in the light of day. It is very important…

How sweet it is

After having lived much of my life in a state of crisis, I am having a mid-life crisis. Either that or I’ve just finally come to my senses.  Yeah, it’s the latter because I really am a sensible girl. No matter how much sense it might make to do things the traditional way, the truth…

Nothing doing

The best thing about being of a certain age is that I don’t care anymore. Or as it can be more correctly stated, I care more about things that truly matter. When I was younger I wanted to make a success, have nice things and live well. At this stage of life I’ve learned a…

Write this way

I never go to the movies…ever. I think part of the reason is that I live in Los Angeles. Not only do I live in Los Angeles, I live in a part of town where every single person I happen upon is in the business. This means I can not take in a movie on a saturday…

Driven to Distraction

It should be noted that I am not the writer I would like to be. I refer not to the quality of my writing, but to my demeanor and focus. I would like to be the sort that goes into a trance and loses herself in creativity. The sort that forgets to bathe, dress for…

Ten Years Later

All Americans remember where they were September 11, 2001. I was in my Jersey City, New Jersey apartment, situated directly across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center. It was about a two mile distance and I always said I had a view to die for. I was always aware of the luxury of living in…