and finally, it’s my turn. Suddenly, it’s time. For almost a year I waited and waited for a surgery that nobody would actually want, but that I need. For many people, like me, the global pandemic put more at risk than simply catching Covid-19. Around the world, surgeries such as…

I have always had some sort of sense of fashion, not that others have agreed with my predictions over the years, but I know what I like and have always had an eye for the unusual. One summer, when I was just five years old, my parents went out of…

Dear Covid-19, Please know that this is about me, not you. I think it is time we break up. Things between us are not working for me anymore. At first I arose to the challenge you brought to our relationship; the thrill I experienced while doing just the simplest of…

Years ago, on a lazy urban day, I was passing time in a vintage clothing store when, after going down a dark, narrow stairwell, I found a rack of “real” vintage clothing. It was there I found what I thought to be the discovery of the century. …

Have you learned patience yet? I read the one line text from my sister and smiled. It was a loaded question, of course. Behind her inquiry was her acknowledgment that a burdensome wait has been set before me. Back in July of 2020, I was informed that I would be…

I was in Miami for three days before I made it to the beach. The ocean was calling so I got out a map and located the best way to get to the shore. The route seemed straight forward and easy, and since this was the 1980s, traffic was not…

Memories don’t always come from the vacation itinerary. We were on our way back to Northern Ohio from a winter trip to Florida. It was around Christmas, in the year 1971. …

It’s old news. Everyone is growing tired of navigating the year we are living. If we pause and reflect on what’s happened, it makes us sad. The pandemic has impacted almost everyone. We have lost a lot of lives, and economic readjustment has caused chaos in store closures, job losses…

It’s been several months now since I had a stroke. These days I’m seeing myself as doubly blessed. I’m alive and when it happened, I didn’t lose consciousness. On the contrary, I became hyperconscious, aware that a window had opened for me, a window into what we call the unconscious…