Suprise Me

The Chair in the Courtyard When I met my friend Rose she’d been a window for several years.  She spoke lovingly about her late husband Bob and I soon learned he’d been her second husband. One day over lunch Rose and I were reminiscing about our past lives and she told me this story. She’d… Read More

  This story makes more sense if you know a little about the mechanics of riding a mountain bike. Think of a catcher getting set for a pitch, or a tennis player preparing to receive a serve. Picture their posture. Knees bent, elbows bent, hinged at the waist, maybe swaying a bit. They are loose,… Read More

... the odor of the cool ether hitting the back of my throat Read More

To come out was to announce to the world that one was a mentally ill outlaw. No wonder this was challenging to my parents. Read More

There are many forms of trauma from psychological to emotional to physical. One cannot outweigh or place a different set of values from one to another. In this story, I will describe a horrible accident my husband sustained about 21 months ago, what we know about it and how very lucky we are that he… Read More

Carving Mr Pumpkin It seems just yesteryear,  in our kitchen Noah at age 5  (did I really let him wield that sharp knife?)  and Sarah at 6  (my friend Celia’s sweet niece,  now a mother herself). Me with a headache  (“Dana’s famous migraines”,  I once heard Celia call them). “Go lie down,  I’ll watch the… Read More

Still, this is my hometown. I love it for the amazing people I have met here and its overall caring heart and beauty. Read More

Quilting in Angola An extraordinary humanitarian project has been on-going at the Louisiana State Prison for years now. That prison is commonly known as Angola, as that was the name of the slave plantation whose land it now occupies. Louise Kelleher was the co-founder of The Social Justice Quilts Project with Kenya Baleech Alkebu, who… Read More

His cardinal rule: to the outside world we must always present a united front. Read More

A fictionalized look at what may have happened in the life of a boy who loved basketball and loved music just as much. Read More