one moment
On vacation a while back, we were driving along a stretch of I-26 about an hour outside of Charleston, South Carolina, on our way to see my stepson (from my first marriage). Going 75 MPH (in that...
View Articlelighting up the sky (poetry interlude)
How ’bout a little magic from Hafiz to improve your day? Even after all this time the Sun has never told the Earth You owe me, look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky. The...
View Articlesaturday in the park
Went into the city for a whirlwind visit with the ex-hubs/friend “Daf” yesterday. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful October day: sunny, mid-70s; Central Park was bustling. While waiting by the...
View Articleimpetus / begin again (poetry interlude)
I found this poem again in a box of prompts I keep for my writing workshops. Perfect timing and a wonderful reminder that we can start again at any time. With journaling. With relationships. With...
View Articlephenomenal maya (a poetry interlude)
I’ve already told the story of when I met Maya Angelou, so if you want to the full scoops, you can read it here. Otherwise, just know that the day this graceful, tenacious, amazing giant of poetry...
View Articlethank you, more please
I originally wrote this piece after 2012’s end-of-October Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy. Followed soon after by Thanksgiving (and then the december holiday season), I began noticing waves of gratitude...
View Articleanother go ’round the sun
The last day of the year. And how are you spending it? Are you a resolution person? Do you reflect, set intentions, or have a ritual to mark the end of the year? Do you go to a New Years Eve party, or...
View Articlefeast on your life (poetry interlude)
I love poetry. I know a lot of people say they don’t like it, but I think that a lot of times if you’re not into poetry, it might be because you don’t actually know poetry. Could be that the passion,...
View Articlebefriending the soul (poetry interlude)
I met Ingrid Goff-Maidoff in college. Kenyon is small liberal arts college – a little hamlet in the middle-of-nowhere Ohio – surrounded by farms and fields, and hidden ponds and streams. If you went to...
View Articlemaya
I originally wrote this to add my 2 cents to the outpouring of love and stories that flowed in the wake of Maya Angelou’s death. I first “met” Maya Angelou when she appeared on Bill Moyer’s Creativity...
View Articleevery story matters – tell yours
I woke up this morning prepared to write a different blog post. But then I checked in on social media and saw friends and colleagues sharing stories and recollections from September 11, 2001. I noticed...
View Articleeleven
Today marks 11 years since my mother died. Sometimes I’ll forget the name of a song, or the trick she used to get candle wax out of tablecloths, and I’ll reach for the phone. That’s when it feels like...
View Articlewriting our way home
This post was written in November of 2015 – after a period where I wasn’t blogging much. You may have noticed that I haven’t been particularly “chatty” here in blog-land the last several months. Below...
View Articlewrite your way into a genuinely happy new year
I’ve been seeing lots of “New Year’s Resolution” stuff on social media and the interwebs lately. No big surprise during the last weeks of the year. But once again, I find myself grumbling at the wave...
View Articlemary oliver’s wild geese (poetry interlude)
If you don’t already know this poem … oh, I am SO excited that you’re going to get to read this. I know I say it about a lot of the poems I share, but I absolutely adore this one. And I find that my...
View Articleshowing up is everything
My friend Marybeth died in the autumn of 2015 after a 2 year illness (with a wild roller coaster of ups/downs, hope, loss, and resignation). Months later, her family and some of her closest friends...
View Articlemotherless on mother’s day
Mother’s Day was never really a thing in the Cooperman family … … my mom often said that if you only made a fuss of your mother because of a holiday pumped up with weep-inducing commercials designed to...
View Articleturning down the noise with mindful writing
This post was part of my bud Sarah Martin Hawkins’ Mindful Habits Blog Tour, a virtual visit with 13 women posting about the power of habit for running a business, being healthy, and getting creative...
View Articlemy wish and prayer for the world (poetry interlude)
My favorite Rumi poem. It’s also my wish and prayer for the world. Out Beyond Ideas Jelaluddin Rumi Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul...
View Articlei’d like to thank the academy
Ever watch the Academy Awards and wish you had a platform to thank all the people who helped you get to where you are today? Maybe you won’t ever have quite that opportunity, but you don’t need an...
View Articleplanting a kiss/spreading the love (amy krouse rosenthal)
I first “met” Amy Krouse Rosenthal when her 17 Things I Made video – and its follow-up: The Beckoning of Lovely – came out in 2008. These videos were celebrations of creativity, connection, and flying...
View Articlewhen “not today” becomes “today”
I went to see Anne Lamott – one of my all-time favorite writers – give a reading many moons ago, and something she said during the Q&A stayed with me. Lamott is a smart, quirky, funny, cool,...
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