The Open Door

On vulnerability, emotional completion, and learning to notice when someone lets you in My brain has apparently maintained an archive of old relationship moments that it may access at any time without a warrant. This morning, it produced an exhibit from years ago....

The Sentinels of the West

*as seen in North Canton Living Magazine I stood at the bottom of the hill staring upward at the mass of cactus soaring more than ten feet tall. Each cactus with arms in the air pointing towards the cloudless blue sky. At their feet, the deep greens and browns of...

The Court Orders Discovery

On red flags, complicated histories, and learning that I don’t have to know what everything means right now There is a very efficient attorney living somewhere inside my nervous system. She does not believe in lengthy trials. Give her one suspicious fact and she is...

The Case of the Missing Sizzle

I opened Facebook Dating looking for a little sizzle. I found fish, trucks, and a constitutional question. I decided I might be ready to date.This realization did not arrive with trumpets, butterflies, or a sudden conviction that it was Time To Find Love Again....