Canadian writer transplanted to New England. Interests include art, music, faith and religion, women’s health, Chinese food, lying, and other flotsam.
Of course it happened to me. It happens to all of us. Sexual harassment, exploitation, assault, is so common we learn about it as children and talk about it for the rest of our lives. If you’re a woman who thinks she’s never been objectified or held back because of your sex, you probably just didn’t notice…
The Tote Bag — New Experiences in Living My American Life.
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Old Frankenstein — a prose poem
Time moves on. Young men age, if they’re lucky. Their hair drops off, like leaves in Winter. Hands gnarl, backs bend and that magic wand they cherished? Well, that one is less and less the conjurer and more and more a tassel or a tail, wagging along as they walk, a reminder of younger, harder…
(This is a continuation of my first story about my open heart surgery after heart failure.)
I didn’t understand the great kindness the nurse in ICU was showing me by suggesting my husband sleep in my bed the night before surgery.
For the First Magic Trick; Saw A Lady In Half: My trip through Major Heart Surgery.
Two years ago this month, my husband and I bought a house. It was our plan to renovate and rent it out. The previous owners were two sisters in their late 90’s. As you might imagine, it needed a lot of updating.