To follow-up on my previous post Five Years Ago Tonight, I wanted to share a few images that make me smile, and hopefully, you too. First, I give you yours truly as a woman with straight hair even if it…

This past weekend, I overheard a girl at a party making offensive comments about the alleged rape victim in a highly publicized rape investigation. She called the girl a liar and a “jealous bitch trying to fuck up the life”…

I’m cozied up on my couch awaiting the season’s first snowfall. I’ve struggled all weekend to get the heat just right in my apartment and am tearing through my repertoire of sweat pants and sweaters at a frightening pace. Reading…

Five years ago tonight, I met an Italian man named Marco Tamburro, at a cafe, in Rome. I had just purchased a crystal chandelier for the condo I was under contract for back in New Jersey. And I was thoroughly…

Three years ago today, I purchased the domain name to my site and began my blog. I had worked on editorial content for the hoped-for-blog for several weeks after keeping notes during 2009 and 2010. I remember sitting up at…

Sometimes (many times, actually), I come across words far better constructed than mine on issues near and dear to my heart. From this point forward, I will always refer to this post by my friend and champion for victims everywhere,…

In a few short days, it will be two months since I took up residence in Georgia, four months since I took a trip to the area to investigate potential homes and six months since I made the pitch to…

Part of the process of moving involves acclimating to one’s new environs. Yours truly is having zero difficulty with that in most regards. I am once again walking most places – to the grocery store, to the gym, to the…

There are not enough lines in this WordPress post space to convey all that has gone on in the past month or so – where I have been and where I am headed – but I promise, I will make…

Clearly, it’s been a few weeks since my last post. I rarely make so long an absence. But the break was needed in order for me to figure some things out regarding both my direction here and my life in…