AKA "The Writing Woman"
One of the first books about widowhood I read right after Rick’s death was The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion. I’ve always been an avid reader, so my natural response to anything is to search out a book that relates to whatever stage of life I’m in. I found the book to be…
A Grieving Heart: Poems of Love, Loss, and Healing for Widows and Widowers is now available. This book is a compilation of the poetry from the three books of essays and poetry in my Widows Words series plus poetry I’ve written in the years since those books were published. It’s available on Amazon in paperback,…
I’ve been honored to receive emails from people who have recited my poetry at a memorial or service for a spouse who died. The poem they always seem to use is “I Wanted to Grow Old With You.” This gave me the idea to create framed prints of some of my poetry to sell at…
ALTERNATE REALITY In some lovely other universe I awoke today in bed And these pillows piled up next to me Were really you, instead And we chatted over breakfast Then we set about our day Both happy we’re retired now With more time to chill and play We planned our next vacation To the cabin…
In the eight years since Rick’s been gone, I’ve tried dating and managed to find three men who were potential partners. Yet, here I sit alone again, mulling over what went wrong with each budding relationship. One moved out of town for work. One returned to his ex-wife. The third is an on-again, off-again relationship…
It’s finished! My latest book, A Widows Words, The Later Years is available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook on Amazon. https://a.co/d/6MSzICQ It’ll also be on Barnes and Noble and the ebook will be for sale on Kobo, soon.