February 1, 2023
Maternal Pop-ups — Part One
What do you do when your dead mother pops-up? Pay attention?
Category: Death
March 23, 2022
Our Devoted Friend, Jan
“I read a review of the new Philip Roth biography the other day. The author quotes Roth saying, ‘aging is a massacre.’ I agree!” — our devoted friend, Jan, April 5, 2121, 20 days before her cancer diagnosis.
April 21, 2021
Hidden Monsters
Be afraid. Be very afraid because it’s in there, waiting to surface again.
March 31, 2021
My First Hospital Admission
I recently learned two truths: One, experiencing heart attack symptoms is profoundly frightening; and two, mouth guards float.
February 4, 2021
Succumbing to a Broken Heart
Losing a child to suicide is unbearable. It is a heartache no one can heal.
May 29, 2019
My First Boyfriend
My first boyfriend died on May 15. Jack Boyer was 66 years old. He gave me what my mother labeled, … Read More “My First Boyfriend”
May 14, 2019
AFTER
What happens the moments before we die? Do we have one last burst of human thought before entering the afterlife? … Read More “AFTER”
April 19, 2019
The Cruelest Month — Part Three
As many of you know, I walk daily, always with dog biscuits in my pocket. Over the years, I’ve come … Read More “The Cruelest Month — Part Three”
April 18, 2019
The Cruelest Month — Part Two
Stanley Plumly, a poet who served as the poet laureate of Maryland for nine years, died on April 11 from … Read More “The Cruelest Month — Part Two”
March 21, 2019
A Hush Now, Linda Gregg
Within four days of each other two of my favorite poets have died: W.S. Merwin on March 15, and Linda … Read More “A Hush Now, Linda Gregg”