Journal

This is what an early April morning looks like in the North Carolina mountains. The air is crisp and serene. A friend I’ve made in recent...

We are the women born from the fire. Burning with anger to see the end of Roe v. Wade. A legislature more desperate to control women’s...

It came to me after a dream. A memory of myself as a seven-year-old girl. Better than a memory. I was my younger self - a sense of my own...

The Oxford Dictionary defines grace as “a quality of behavior that is polite and pleasant and deserves respect.” It’s a pretty...

A neon sign radiated hot red with the word, MALO. Inside, the scent of fresh corn tortillas wafted through the air. A tatted-up waitress...

Three ducks flying over my balcony at first light and standing witness. Magic is broad, like shades of blue. It is the giggling of...

I love the night for all the mystery and magic it promises. To borrow the title of one of my favorite jazz tunes by Wayne Shorter, I am a...

2020 will go down as one of the most trying years of my life - of our lives, collectively. The eyes of White America (well, maybe half of...

You’ve hidden from others. But even worse, you've hidden from yourself - work, exercise, alcohol, drugs, and sex being among your...

After ten years with my husband Derek, on the heels of an intense year of marital funk and couple’s therapy, I call our therapist and...

This is an empty house partly made of stone. Its walls are painted brown. No furniture remains, minus a few broken pieces. A cold...

In a museum in LA, I stand in front of a large mirror contemplating the question imprinted across it in bold letters: If you’re so...

I did not want to write to you. Or maybe, I just wanted to write a lie. I did not want to tell you how you flipped a match into my soul...

The sunset on January 1st, ablaze with red, purple and orange, was beautiful to behold. It made me think of the importance of PRESENCE....