GLAMOUR GIRLS GUIDE
Spread the sparkles! Navigating life's storms with MOM (Monarch of Magic)
Pumpkins
Today I finally understood why Cinderella was transported into a magical realm by a pumpkin. I can’t believe these big round orange magical things grow from tiny seeds into sprawling

How did I end up at Harvard?
I guess the point is that, even now, a million years later, books are my Orient Express, my journey into the Sultan’s Palace, my feet slipped into the upturned toes

My Mom is Living in a Fairy Tale Kingdom Living Under a Curse… AKA Dementia
The last day I visited my Mom was like visiting a fairy tale kingdom living under a curse…

The Unhealable Wound
It looked like she was some sort of goddess scattering starlight made of love-bursts right out of her body to wrap around mine. I think she would like that I

Glitter Cyclone Healing
Everyone copes with the sorrows of the world in different ways– for me, I choose to play in what I call “a glitter cyclone,” aka my Magic Treehouse camp.

A Shimmer of Hummingbirds and the Hardware Store
Ecstatic whooping, chirping, buzzing… dancing in the sky like drunken sailors after a night of carousing, drunk on nectar, zipping to the sun, diving back to hover midair before dashing

Raising a Son
The boy has finally found a sport he likes. After years of trying football, basketball, and baseball, he tried Lacrosse a few weeks ago and has been happily running around

Grief and the Holidays
I’ve written before how death and divorce can make holidays especially piercing, seeing everyone with their loved ones when so many of mine are now gone.
This is the first

The Velvet Glove of Directing a Film
If directing a film is a bejeweled velvet glove, then I am Gypsy Rose Lee’s arm– because directing fits me like a glove!
I LOVE directing! It’s sacred storytelling,

Let the Filming BEGIN!
EEEEEEK!!! I’m so excited (and terrified) to announce …. (drum roll please) I’m heading to New Orleans this week to begin filming and the Kickstarter for my documentary is NOW
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