A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

Who do you want to be as a woman?

That's the question I've been asking myself every day for the last six months or so months. At first I was in denial that this pandemic would last for such a long time. I didn't think this could be real. Who did? Then I realized I need to respect reality. Crisis do...

Even as a young girl, I was always happiest with a pencil and scribbler notebook. I dreamed of being an author one day, but given that English isn't my first language, I didn't believe I could be.

My mom Elise (now 89) a smart and resilient woman is illiterate. Schools were closed in former Yugosla...

After my last post for 2020, my in-box was flooded with responses. It made my heart happy especially since given that last month my mind was questioning *why bother* at all?

Cindy said "as always, I love your emails and you lift and inspire me". Jill told me it was her favourite message from all th...

Look. You're still here.

If you're new here, welcome. These musing posts are a bit of a hodgepodge of things that have crossed my path and what's on my mind. The fact that you read them makes me incredibly happy-slash-grateful-slash-misty.

I want to say thanks. I appreciate you.

If 2020 has been ...

Last night, on election day in a country that is not my own, I went to bed anxious and afraid. I woke up this morning feeling confused, sad, angry and bewildered. Scared to turn on media and listen to the onslaught.

When I want to escape reality I have a few favorite go-to-guilty-pleasure movies.