My divorce paperwork was filed this past Friday. Another post, another set of words I never thought I would hear together in the same sentence. Eight years ago this summer, I married the man I thought I would spend the rest of my life with. Six months ago I moved out. I won’t delve into […]
Writing
Balance (and living with a new “normal”)
Unsurprisingly, as I have aged and grown, the definition of what is (my) “normal” has changed. If you are like me and are constantly pushing your boundaries, constantly moving and evolving, this happens. It’s when this process gets unexpectedly accelerated that it becomes tricky to find balance. Take, for example, being passionate enough about something […]
Civil Disobedience (and the Tar Sands Sisters)
On Saturday, August 20, 2011, I was arrested. As I sit here, fingers poised over keys, hesitating as I have for the past two weeks, I wonder what has kept me from putting my experience in writing. The first few days, it was that I was wrapped up in details of just getting out of […]
An introduction (or: who am I and why am I writing this blog?)
You may wonder why, in this world that is so overwhelmed with information, so overpopulated with blogs and websites, why add another one to the mix? What do I have to say that makes me any different from everyone else? Well… I have a story to tell, and my hope is that by telling it, […]