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Metal Mom

It was  a moment I hadn’t had in a while, and the simple joy of it took me by surprise. I was speeding home in the mini-van (it is NOT a mini-van, my husband says, if he is driving it) on the causeway, annoyed after a nasty visit to the Dentist. I’d been...

Book Launch

Hi Everyone, Just a quick word to let you know that one of my pieces has been published in a book. Hidden Lives is an eye-opening anthology about living with a mentally ill person in your family. Most of the stories are brutally honest, heart wrenching, or tear...

Damn these Pillows!

In a fit of desperation, our hero decides he has had enough. It’s three a.m. and he cannot sleep. The F%@#ing   hotel pillows are driving him insane!! Why are they like this! He thinks, becoming more agitated by the minute. He begins to pant, and sweat, like Animal...

Lame Pets

We’d been talking about getting a pet, and then the Sea Monkeys arrived in the mail, a Christmas gift. The kids were very interested for all of 11.9 seconds, before ripping into their other toys. But as we set up our new Sea Monkey Aquarium, all eyes were on the tiny...