Laughter is echoing up the stairwells in my home. Four little cousins are banging around plastic pots and pans in the play kitchen that was a Christmas gift. Intermittently one child bounds up the stairs to ask me what I want to eat and when I try to order elaborate meals, perhaps eggplant parmesan or […]
When characters have flaws, they intrigue us. Voldemort? Holden Caulfield? Amy Dunne? Jay Gatsby? They certainly had flaws! In the past few days, I have been caught up in the life of Jules Jessup, an eccentric artist and main character in Clare Pooley’s best-selling book, The Authenticity Project. At 79-years-old Jules believes people are not […]
As a youngster in a small three-child household, the bathtub was the one space where you could be alone. What did I do? I learned to sing loudly and freely when I took a bath. And while my two brothers would snort and laugh at my singing, I developed strong vocal cords and abdominal muscles […]
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