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Grief: Lessons from Pippi Longstocking
I’ve been thinking a lot about Pippi Longstocking and wishing I too could lift a horse with one hand, live in Villa Villekula with only my pets and a chest of gold coins, and wake each morning to do 50 somersaults for exercise. I tried one somersault just this morning–I’m -
The Blank Page Breakthrough: Free College Essay Webinar!
The most important 650 words of your life shouldn’t feel like a chore—they should feel like an opportunity. But let’s be real: sitting down to “summarize your entire soul” for a total stranger is intimidating. In this high-impact webinar, The Blank Page Breakthrough, I’m stripping away the stress by unlocking the -
Hedy Lamarr, My Mom, and “The Book”
My Mom was famous for only keeping family pictures where she looked good, even when the rest of the family looked like we went out that morning for a morning bullfight and the bull won. Then again, when recently going through family photo albums, I laughed at all the blurry -
Pop the Champagne! My Research is Published!!
Pop the Champagne! I can’t believe it but after many years of intense research that felt a lot like wrestling a minotaur, my research on the Gellert Sisters is finally published!! I must confess I cried when I opened up the box and saw my work in print! -
Lusquiver, Yumtober, Sunshiftmania… Traveling and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
I live in “lusquiver.” No it’s not a town in New England you have never heard of, nor is it a kingdom springing from a fairy tale. It’s a word I stumbled upon in my current favorite book, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. “Lusquiver” is defined as “caught in the -
The Osmonds and Marlina
Every Friday night from 1976-79, I watched the Donny and Marie Show. My sisters and I had pretend silver microphones and sang duets in front of our bedroom mirrors, songs like Paper Roses, Puppy Love, and our favorite, “I’m a little bit country, I’m a little bit of rock and -
Holidays for the Aching
I’m still waiting for a holiday to roll around that doesn’t make my heart ache. I thought it might be this one but I woke up this morning to that old familiar ache, the one that makes me want to pull the covered over my head and only emerge when -
A Carpathian Cultural Tour
This author, for one, finds this all a most intoxicating mixture. A society seems to always be attempting to scrub clean its past, for better or for worse, while its deep-seated nature continues to bleed through the fine linens of modernity. It is a masquerade of the highest order, and -
The Nita & Zita Project is streaming!!
The Nita & Zita Project is NOW AVAILABLE to watch on AppleTV, Prime, and all Cable, Satellite, and Digital Platforms!