Don’t give yourself away. ◊ ◊ ◊ Create Anarchy. Do Nothing. The image of me standing there, ankle-deep in tennis balls stopped me cold....

I recruited an acquaintance to help market my third book, Postcards and Pearls Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road. We met and...

How I Overfunctioned: I repeatedly invited Betty to various social activities. She would repeatedly decline my invitation then say, “Ask...

Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...

Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....

Diane (a pseudonym) called to ask, “Are we okay?” A question I wasn’t expecting from 10 feet below the usual surface talk. I was at the...

“She’s full of herself.” Meant as a slur about one who holds herself in high esteem. I say we should be full of ourselves, all of us....

Helen asked if I would circle journey with her. Circle journeying is an interactive art journal traded back and forth until complete. I...

Thou Shalt Not Script, Production Design, and then Rehearse Scenes from Imagined Slights and Conflicts. ◊ ◊ ◊ Thou Shalt Not Plan for...

“People who create know how to say ‘no’ and are willing to suffer the consequences.” In his book, How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History...

“I mentored people to achieve goals I wanted for myself. Susan to be a visual artist, and Benson to write.” Story: Shadow Artist I was...

As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become...

My therapist had a vision: me standing on a tennis court, bright yellow balls at my feet that were lobbed over the net by other people. I...

It’s good to get mad. In the late 18th century, American colonists got mad when the British government stomped all over their right to...

Grant yourself permission. To not wash dishes, do laundry, answer every email, take the call every time the phone rings, text back every...