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Stories From the Edge of Blindness

In 2002, Retinitis Pigmentosa changed my life. This is my story of a slow approach to darkness.

Out from under clouds

I wrote a post yesterday while in a very dark space, a moment that felt endless. One of my life lessons is learning to remember that the storm always passes, that I have a choice to step out from under... Continue Reading →

Always a Storm

Right now, in this moment, my truth is darkness, and that is ok. I have lost sense of self or purpose, I am underwater, it is quiet. Tomorrow I turn 57 and today I tried, again, to make myself feel... Continue Reading →

Love as Legacy

Loss as part of the human experience was a lesson I learned early in life; I have written about it, a lot, probably more than anything else. Loss and grief have shaped me, shaped my responses to the world around... Continue Reading →

Submission Opportunity from A Thousand Shades of Green

So, you may know that Joe and I started a podcast a couple years back called, "A Thousand Shades of Green", which led to a second podcast, "Story Sessions", and now we have started a new Sunday Poetry Series.  This... Continue Reading →

Authentic Shape

There are a lot of phrases and ideas that feel overpreached in the arena of self care, but the idea of being your authentic self is one that resonates with me. Perhaps this living thing is a journey of discovering... Continue Reading →

Social Anxiety

All day, I have been agonizing over a zoom event I signed up to attend. I woke up with anxiety creeping around the corners of my eyes, palms sweaty, bones feeling heavy, and an irrational desire to pull the covers... Continue Reading →

This is the Before

In one week and a day, I am having my first eye surgery. It's been a long time coming and I have put it off multiple times because of fear, but this time, I am jumping in, taking all the... Continue Reading →

Story Sessions

Joe and I have a brand new podcast, and its origins reside here in the blog space. We created Story Sessions to share the amazing fiction of a writer who I met through blogging. Suzanne Craig-Whytock, of MyDangBlog fame, is... Continue Reading →

Cerulean meets Green

It has been an Amazing week Celebrating the launch of "Smatterings of Cerulean" my new collection of short poems accompanied by the Incredible photographs of Ken Whytock, published by the one and only Dark Winter Press! I posted a video... Continue Reading →

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