Surrender can be a conscious decision or an unconscious one. I fought the good fight long after the war was lost. Eventually I raised the white flag.

“I’m selling the house,” I’m told. “Please don’t … at least for now.” If only for the sake of the girls … Read the rest

Sylvia Plath is shorthand for talented, emotionally fragile and ultimately doomed artists. I’ve found her name generally illicits blank stares or occasionally a snicker. While sticking one’s head in an unlit gas oven isn’t the most romantic of deaths, give her credit for creatively departing this mean old world – … Read the rest