A guest writer post from Lee Lee. Four years ago right now, I was sittin on the patio at the St. Mary’s Pavilion, hooked up to my very last bag of poison, surrounded by caring friends and celebratory nurses. It was a beautiful day, much like today, and I was so happy to be there, [...]
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Anyone who knows me knows I love my Beagles. From Pearl, my first dog and the inspiration behind my first photograph, to LolliPop and Daisy, I think Beagles just rock. Pearl was a shy, starved little Beagle that showed up in my parents’ yard several years ago and refused to leave. She and I were [...]
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I like to think my inner being reflects to the outer world a karma-peace-live-and-let-live-balanced-yoga sort of persona — all ZenMama. Then I look in the mirror and I see Veruka Salt. She’s the obnoxious kid in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory who goes around screaming, “Give it to me! I want it now!” Because [...]
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I often feel like I don’t belong on this planet. Things other people consider normal boggle my mind, and I notice it being boggled even more as I get older. Things like conformity, structure, closed-mindedness. Eating animals – which only really started to affect me a couple of years ago – and which I am [...]
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What happens when 5 girls in their mid-40s get together at an OBX cottage for a mini high-school reunion? The question, answered 7 months later. . . Well, first they spend an entire evening talking and laughing and catching up on the last 27 years. Then they spend a long weekend talking and laughing and [...]
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