I'm a bit late in sharing this here due to Hurricane Irma, but I'm still smiling about having a short essay of mine called "Does It Matter If I Never Publish My Memoir?" published on the Brevity blog. Thank you, Allison Williams! For those unfamiliar, Brevity is an online journal featuring flash creative nonfiction. Check … Continue reading Small but Mighty Fine
We are in the middle of a great struggle. These are historic times. No one knows when this period of struggle will end or how it will turn out. Too many changes seem to come too fast. We can’t keep up with it all. Some days, the challenge feels overwhelming and it’s difficult to focus … Continue reading The GOP Is Our Health Care Disaster
Too much is happening too quickly, and every day I feel sucked into the chaos. This is a bad time to be a worrier. On Friday evening into Saturday as the effects of the new president’s travel ban became apparent, I could not force myself away from the news reports. I could not escape the … Continue reading Combating Chaos
There are things we do not discuss openly in every family I’m part of. Things that have happened, things that have been done, things that are going on now. There are whispers, meant to be confidential, then more whispers, until the whispers become sighs we all perceive but never mention out loud. We hide things, … Continue reading Family Secrets
The past ten days have been rough. I have never before cried because of an election result, but I have cried multiple times since Hillary Clinton conceded. My body aches from the stress it is now holding. It has been a very long time since I physically held this much stress, and I know how … Continue reading Election Aftermath
Karen Pickell: Between 