Weekly Adventures

Oct Meditation HERE FREE Writer’s Summit HERE Book Club | Support this Newsletter HERE It’s funny how vividly it’s stayed with me, and not just because I saw it more than once. I’m speaking of Full Gallop, a one-woman show I saw decades ago starring Mary Louise Wi...

Join the Book Club & Premium HEREInfo about ways to work with me 1 on 1, is HEREOct Meditation HERE Fittingly, it happened at the Crossroads Cafe. You may remember that the turnaround point for Vlad and my daily evening walk is our favorite vintage store (he’s ...

When thinking about Contrast (this month’s theme, meditation HERE), I often recall this great quote from Jazz legend Thelonious Monk: “The piano ain’t got no wrong notes.” It’s all in the playing, of course, meaning it’s about the notes you play afterward that make things sound r...

I love this line from the poet Ellen Bass: “There are minutes, hours, sometimes even whole dayswhen the earth is spinning 1.6 million miles around the sunand nothing tragic happens to you.” I decided to confirm this fact––the distance part not the “nothing tragic” aspect––and it’s true. The earth ...

Although the theme this month is Contrast, I’m hoping (fingers crossed) this goes off without a hitch. You see, this is my first newsletter sent using the new Substack tech platform. As I said last week, none of this needs to affect you in any way. I’m committed to offering Vlad and...

Last week, I shared that Vlad’s best friend––and almost nightly playdate––Malibu moved away. I tried to brace myself for the sadness of his absence. No longer would a nightly “Malibu visit?” text arrive, followed by my leaving the door ajar, and Vlad eagerly waiting by it until Malibu pushed it open ...

Last Chance for New Course HERE It wasn’t quite the same as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the super-handsome heroes go out in a blaze of gunfire and a freeze-frame ending. Even so, I cannot think of two more dashing gentlemen facing a more unfortunate parting of ways. I’m referring to ...

EXPAND HERE I suppose it’s not particularly nice to say that someone––especially someone you haven’t even spoken to––has a creepy energy, but sometimes it’s just plain accurate. Yesterday, as we walked past the baseball field for our early evening walk, on the other side of the street, peering throug...

I’ve never actually formalized my list of “Ways I Don’t Fit In,” but I know what nowadays would be somewhere near the top. As an artist and entrepreneur, creativity and passionate expansion are intrinsic to not just what I do, but who I am. Unlike more traditional careers, where folks are often clear...