Growing up, my siblings and I had the good fortune of having one of our Grandmothers living with us throughout all of our childhood years.  We loved her very much and she us.  She was very Italian, in fact, spoke no English all the days of her l... Read more

Recently I had a friend tell me that she had to participate in a group workshop at her work, and that for the workshop, she had to write an essay about herself beforehand so that she would have it to read out loud to her fellow workmates on the... Read more

I spoke with a dear friend of mine this evening whom I haven’t seen in over four years.  I was overjoyed to find out she was flying into the Country and that I would be able to see her and spend some time with her during her brief visit. In the... Read more

So many people are telling me to talk about things that are coming up for me on radio during my monologue.  I think that’s a great idea, and I have been doing that around general topics.  And a handful of my closest friends have been telli... Read more

  I just got the coolest piercing and am now thinking about getting a tattoo.  The whole experience was fun and I can’t wait to do it again. A couple weeks ago, a dear friend of mine decided he needed a piercing.  He had been talking... Read more

I never thought about it in this way before. Last night I was at a party with a bunch of people I didn’t know.  As the evening progressed, I met a lot of wonderful people.  Not one of these people asked me how long I had been at the party.... Read more

For many years I trained vocally, with many vocal teachers.  Most all of my vocal training has been in classical style, more specifically opera.  I ultimately ended up not wanting to be an opera singer or using  my voice strictly operatically, b... Read more

A friend asked me to go to IKEA with her.  She was looking for something or other to buy and though I had lots to do, I hadn’t spent much time with this friend lately and thought we would have a fun “experience” together. We al... Read more

All my life I have heard the expression, and had it used against me at times, “you want to have your cake and eat it too,” and I never understood it.  Now I finally do, I finally get it, after all these years. I used to think about i... Read more

I have a client who texted me this morning saying she needed to talk.  Being that I hadn’t heard from her in awhile because she was in a new relationship and because I new she was moving to be with the man she loved and that she was having... Read more