Bored and Restless 2022- 5 Antidotes

by | Oct 30, 2022 | Writing

Bored? Restless? This has been a topic I’ve struggled with. A few years ago I wrote about it and now I find it’s popping up again on regular ordinary days. Time to review my experiences and take my own advice. I’ve often been pretty quick to say, “I...

Trick or Treat- 2022

by | Oct 30, 2022 | Writing

My friend Joe and I were comparing Halloween doings:  Joe: Do you get many trick or treaters? Me: No, not in the community here. It’s mostly retired folks. Occasionally we might get a grandparent herding some little grands. During the pandemic, nada. Now it seems...

Aging Eyes

by | Oct 16, 2022 | Writing

I was pretty smug for two years after my cataract surgery. No glasses needed… ever. I could read ingredients on vitamin bottles, see veins on leaves, wave to hikers up in the Catalina Mountains from my office window here in the foothills. My doctor advised I might...

Oh WOW! News

by | Oct 4, 2022 | Events, Writing

Oh WOW! News  Yes, I’m tooting my own horn! Because I had been wavering, vacillating. Could I? Would I be able to be active in creative venues that have given me an incredible amount of joy and laughter?  It’s not been a straight path; there are and will be detours,...

Eastside Writing Room- Tucson and ZOOM

by | Oct 2, 2022 | Events

Meetings: ZOOM October 4, 11, 18, 25. Hybrid  meeting: October 18- Zoom and in-person for those who can make it. The Eastside Writing Room moves into autumn mode- meeting each Tuesday and In-Person once a month. We’re in the final quarter of our 9th year- now a...

Artists Standing Strong Together- Storytelling

by | Oct 1, 2022 | Events

is proud to present a wide array of storytelling programs live online, designed to make storytelling – and story listening – more accessible than ever before: financially accessible, differently-abled accessible, geographically accessible, new listener...

One Year Post-stroke

by | Oct 1, 2022 | Writing

On August 25, 2022 I celebrated one year post-stroke. One year -12 months – 365 days – 8760 hours – 525,600 minutes –  31,536,000 seconds. But who’s counting? (Ok I’m not, since that’s an area where those one-year-old brain cells are happy to...