Image source: Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels When I was growing up, the background noise to my life was always TV. Whether that was...

Image source: Photo by Taryn Elliott on Pexels Given that I’ve been writing a lot about anxiety and stress lately, I’ve given a lot of...

Image source: Photo by energepic.com on Pexels There are a lot of things to be anxious about these days: Constant news about climate...

Image source: Phoenix Labs media kit This will be a short post today since I’m fairly tired from a long day. (As an aside, as I have...

Image source: Photo by Pixabay on Pexels Whew, after three hours of wandering through the labyrinthine corridors of my daughter’s high...

Image source: Photo by Aidan Nguyen on Pexels Today is twenty-two years after that horrible day that changed the course of my country’s...

Image source: Merlina McGovern It’s been quite a while since I’ve gone back to my lemon and lime painting study (hm…I wonder why I always...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I had almost added the word “Gracefully” to my blog title, but, damn it, this post is not about aging...

Image source: Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels Today, my Facebook feed is inundated with pictures of friends’ kids, all staring back...

Image source: Merlina McGovern As a military brat (my father was a United States Marine), I moved around a lot as a child. I was born in...

Image source: Merlina McGovern Today’s post is more of a request for any tips that you have for staving off that urge to buy new books...

I almost didn’t have the strength to write this post. But I had to write it. I feel so strongly about this topic, and I wish that someone...

Image source: Photo by Lucas Pezeta on Pexels I saw a TikTok today of a woman inhaling deeply and saying, only in New England can you...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I have always been attracted to all things spooky. And you really can’t get any spookier than a cemetery....

Image source: Merlina McGovern This past Friday, I landed back in Boston after a two-and-a-half-week vacation in Ireland. As our plane...

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels Long ago, when I dreamed of penning my novel, I fantasized about what that future would look like. I...

Photo by Antonio Quagliata on Pexels Since I will be traveling shortly for a few weeks, I am of course feeling the standard pre-travel...

Photo by Jordan Benton on Pexels A few weeks ago, I proclaimed to the world that I was going to start on my very first novel. I posted it...

Image source: Merlina McGovern Someday, when I’m really, really rich, I will never, ever put together another piece of furniture again....

Photo by Min An on Pexels About five years ago, I began teaching myself how to create art. It all started for me when I first bought a...