Bear Corner

When you climb the stairs in my home, you are greeted by "Bear Corner". I make them and collect them. None of the bears I've made are there, as I give them away. If you look at the shelf with the three bears, you will see a small plaid one with a charming black nose. …

Love Knows No Boundaries

"Before my Frances there was my Meredith: the mother of my sons, one living, one not. I loved her enough to help her die, when her affliction, far crueler than my own, had stolen all but breath and speech from her body. This I have come to understand as lovemaking of another kind, a final …

Birthdays.

Birthdays. On the day of one's birth there is SO MUCH promise. Loads of potential in a little infant body. A bud ready to bloom, and grow, and then - one day - fill the world with its unique fragrance.Do not ever minimize your birthday.I grew up with a - that's no big deal - …