Let nature stir the wildness that lurks just below the surface of our tired, jaded, wearisome existence, our concession, our surrender to the lackluster grind, to the “same sh*t different day” monotony that currently cracks the whip and holds us hostage. Let violent skies and pelting rain whip our senses blind, let it all be […]
Archives for May 2018
The Mothering Thing
Husbands, partners, wives…be good to us. Love us well. We are your women. We are the mothers. And we hold an entire ocean of emotion inside. So, please. Just love us well. Give back some of the love we give out. Give it freely, and give it often. We need it more than you know. We crave it more than […]
Block Island Royalty
Every year, it’s the same. I meet my girlfriends at the ferry with my over-packed weekend bag, a rickety beach chair, a bottle of wine, and a huge sigh of blessed relief. As we push off the dock, our vacation away from everything else begins. We descend upon an island, our island, for what is always […]