Village of North Palm Beach: A History
Join me on Thursday, January 20, at 3:00 PM for a virtual presentation on local history. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite elements of North Palm Beach history! Click […]
Tag Archives: Rosa Sophia
A writer
I have a secret life. It’s time I came clean about it. Once, when I moved to a new place, over the course of a few weeks, I had strangers […]
The Drive
Persevering seems to be what I do best, and I don’t always know how I manage. The question, “What am I still doing here?” crosses my mind a lot, and […]
Trigeminal Neuralgia in fiction
Excerpt from Orion Cross My Sky: The house, including his bedroom, smelled like his mother’s stale cigarettes. Orion clambered out of bed, his face aching. It had been a cold […]
The TN Attack
Last year, during a severe pain attack, I was asked, “What’s it feel like?” I remember writhing where I sat, wanting to rip my face off, wanting to tear it […]
Return of the TN Beast
I keep hoping that one day I’ll wake up and the pain will be gone. I give myself that benefit of the doubt. My gift to myself is the desperate […]
Writing and Wing Chun
At a craft lecture at Eckerd College’s Writers in Paradise Conference, Dennis Lehane asked us, “Anyone have a New Year’s resolution they want to share?” I couldn’t answer the question, […]
Grief, Part 2
When my brother died, I wanted to die too. A little over a month ago, my confidant and best friend left the earthly plane. There were things I told Miles that […]
Staying within myself, and living with physical pain
The other night, I went to bed and I slipped out of my body. I was about four feet above myself, looking down at my body beneath the covers, when […]
Grief
When Dad died, I forgot how old I was because nothing else seemed to matter. It was a week before my birthday. It was February seventeenth when I lost him, and […]