Published in The Lark·PinnedMember-onlyThe Blue FeatherFinding your magic — The handwritten letter had no return address. The single page had a fine color pencil drawing of a barn owl and was signed off with a bird claw mark at the end. I glanced at the scroll and my hands began to tremble. It was my mother’s handwriting. But my…Fiction8 min readFiction8 min read
PinnedMember-only3 Ways to Know Your Startup is DoomedYour fantastic idea is ahead of its timeHumor2 min readHumor2 min readStartup growth pains — image created by Irina Patterson using Jasper Art3 Ways to Know Your Startup is Doomed----2
Published in The Lark·PinnedMember-onlyOn the Day David Sedaris Called MeA made-up tale about a beloved author and the pleasures of little things — If I give it some thought, I’m a catastrophe, really — a hapless female baby-boomer who lives in Miami and works more than full-time at a drugstore that combines the worst features of a call center and a pharmacy, feeling just as misunderstood as I did when I was lost…Humor4 min readHumor4 min read
Published in The Lark·PinnedMember-onlyOld Polaroids of My MemoriesA few cinematic scenes about us — Old polaroids have been torn out of their picture frames. In heavy rain, they’ve fallen onto an empty city street, which is flooded to its first-floor windows. The gutter overflows. The coldness of the water seeps into my shoes, The rain makes it hard to breathe. I stop to catch my breath and watch the cars…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in The Lark·PinnedMember-onlyTo My Russian DadUnconventional but still a Love Letter — Dear Dad, It’s Father’s Day. Why would I care? You’ve been long dead. And, when you were alive, we hardly talked. Crazy. But now that I am over sixty, I gained some perspective. Too late for you, I know. I need it. Hear me out. Miami, where I live, is…Stories3 min readStories3 min read
Dec 25, 2022Member-onlyPlaying an AvatarLiving the Dream as a Na’vi at the Regal Theater in Miami Beach This came out of nowhere. Our agent had booked us to play the Avatar characters. No auditions, no callbacks, no nothing. Just show up and do the job. It was for the premier of the new movie “Avatar: The Way of Water” at the Regal Theater in Miami Beach. …Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Sep 11, 2022Member-onlyHow my Unicorn Startup Idea Failed and Then Got TractionI’m an entrepreneur. Or at least I try to be. I’m always on the lookout for the next big thing, the next billion-dollar idea. But so far, all of my ideas have been…less than stellar. Take my latest idea, for example. I was convinced that it was going to be…Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Published in The Lark·Mar 22, 2022Member-onlyI Lose MyselfLove poem — I lose myself in the course of your lips where I find my haven and holy meditation. I am intoxicated by your presence as if you were my favorite scent of neroli. You are my silent prayer, the poem I whisper when night falls and everything is quiet except for our hearts’ pounding and the light giggling…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Lark·Mar 9, 2022Member-onlyI Still RememberLove poem — Ten years passed, I still remember that first moment when I heard your deep voice on the dance floor. Its timbre swayed me like a sultry tango. Your dark eyes caught me like a fish on a hook. I was snared, unable to look away, and unwilling to fight. What was that? The scent…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Lark·Mar 2, 2022Member-onlyI Ran a Race Against MyselfWhen his quick gaze caught mine — I ran a race against myself, inhaling the vile smoke of despair, tasting trouble from my split lips. My reality was far more savage than any thriller flick. As if to mourn the death of all hope, the sunset rained down on me with its bloody tears. If horror was my home, then…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
