When you read a story, do you see it? The characters and setting coming to life in front of you, like a movie? That’s my experience. And for the longest time, I thought it was everyone’s. But no. I had a conversation with a bunch of people recently—and, while most said they were visual and…

I love Sally Wainwright—so when a friend told me about Riot Women, a BBC show on BritBox, I had to watch. Riot Women‘s demographic is my demographic. I admire Wainright’s raw, unflinching focus on women in their 50s and 60s, facing retirement and menopause, feeling invisible, and acting out. It’s about time! Wainright actually shows…

Why create a website and blog now? Because when the articles you wrote years ago are scattered over the floor and you have to tiptoe around them, something’s wrong. “Don’t you have a list of all the articles you wrote?” my husband asks from the doorway. Don’t I wish. When you’re in the middle of…