Intoxicating Dancers

April 24, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

This morning I emerged from my front door to find that one of my rosebushes had seemingly exploded overnight with a family of hot pink blossoms. There’s nothing more disappointing than gorgeous blooms with no scent. Okay so maybe there are a *few* things more...

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Goodbye Before Hello

April 12, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

Of all the great jazz vocalists from the Golden Era, Sarah Vaughan always has been one of my favorites. There’s something about the way she savored every note, every lyric, sometimes stretching a phrase almost to the point of breaking and then releasing it to...

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The New Moon

March 22, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

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Cradled in indigo sheets, laying sweetly on her back, sending the most gentle of smiles across a sky under which we both dance. Did you look up to see? Did you look up to marvel? Did you look up? I did. Glancing...

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Reason, Season or Lifetime

March 12, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

All things happen for a reason.

It’s a phrase bandied about frequently – often when something difficult has happened as a means to help one move through pain or discomfort to a place of reckoning, realization and (hopefully) learning and growth.

When I was 14 years old...

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