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The Washington Post

I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything.

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AARP's The Girlfriend

How I Got Married For The First Time After 50

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By realizing my family's history was thwarting me.

The Los Angeles Times
 How I got to ‘Om’ and a calmer mind.

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I’ve spent enough time chasing peace to know a good percentage of us meditator types are habitually frazzled. 

The Boston Globe Magazine
On Our Wedding Day, My Watch Stood Still

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My husband and I married when I was 53 and he was 61. We knew we wouldn’t get to have and to hold one another for the same “forever” my sister and brother-in-law had already enjoyed for 39 years of marriage.

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AARP's The Ethel
How to Reclaim the Art of Handwritten Cards

My parents modeled the pleasures of exchanging heartfelt letters, so perhaps I was destined to stash away many of the beautiful cards I've saved since childhood.

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In this essay, I entertain the idea that the business of caring too much is merely clickbait I haven’t been able to resist. I wonder what would happen if I swapped in my over-developed fretting skills.

Shondaland

Why I Searched for Love in Thrift Store Aisles.

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One of my chief selling points was the quirky persona I developed, enhanced by the one-off outfits scored on buying sprees. 

AARP's The Ethel

What My Older Cats Taught Me About Love

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When my husband and I married he agreed to a package deal. I came with two middle-aged cats I had adopted long before our wedding. 

Gathering: A Women Who Submit Anthology
My story, A Nun and a Pop Star, is included in this collection of essays, fiction, poems, and plays.

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In these uncertain days of the pandemic, I have found an unlikely pair of spiritual guides to help me through it: American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön and Madonna.

Lunch Ticket
As I unpacked boxes of my father's artifacts during a pandemic housekeeping project, it prompted me to hold him accountable for his transgressions, and consider forgiveness.

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Hi Dad,
When you died, I figured there wasn’t any point in writing to you. But since the world broke down last year, everything has shifted, including how I want to communicate with you.

Hippocampus
How Writing in Community Rocked My Writing

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Orange Coast Magazine
Why Turning 60 During the Pandemic Was No Biggie

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LA Weekly

Robert Johnson: Lawman of the Cloth

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Not many people get credit for both busting cabbies and saving souls. Robert Johnson does.

Huffington Post

Showing Some Love for Local Government

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Op-ed celebrating the bureaucratic heroes of local government.

North Hollywood Patch
Yoga Studio Reinvigorates Former Dutton's Books Building

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Who says the fried chicken and fitness crowds can't happily coexist? Certainly not the people at InYoga Center in Valley Village.

USC News

USC pharmacy program targets drug development

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If you’ve ever had sticker shock at the pharmacy, you may have wondered why the price was higher than a pair of tickets to a Trojan football game.

The Burbank Leader - 

LA Times Community News

High-risk family

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Someone overhearing stuntwoman Julie Michaels’ morning send-off of
her husband, stuntman Peewee Piemonte, might be thrown for a loop --
or a triple flip in a speeding car.

The Burbank Leader - 
LA Times Community News
Keeping Things Warm

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The warm-up comedian for the TV show Frasier deftly navigates comedy, even soon after 9/11.

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LA Times Community News

Ovrom in Review

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The City Manager leaves his post after 17 years. Colleagues and constituents weigh in on his tenure.

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LA Times Community News

Studios Fly High in Burbank

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History/Business News. 
Born in Burbank only few years apart, the studios and the airport have grown up together in a city that benefits from both
industries.

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LA Times Community News
Flipping Her Wig

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Candy Conery is a woman who has run her hands through Elvis’ hair. And John Wayne’s.

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