I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

“When my husband Stephen died, I was living in a remote place with no people around so Ihad to learn to hold my own hand.”                                                                                      – – – Ondrea Levine Loss shows up in a lot...
The Lonely Hearts Club

The Lonely Hearts Club

I was fourteen when I left my home in Massachusetts and moved to Washington, D. C. to study ballet. My mother found a school on Wisconsin Avenue in D. C. that offered ballet and academic subjectsunder the same roof, the first of its kind in America, and I wanted to be...
Do You Believe in Magic?

Do You Believe in Magic?

“If you don’t believe in any kind of magic or mystery, you’re as good as dead.”                         – – – Albert Einstein When I think of magic, I think about music. It has no physical presence and yet, it moves me. It soothes. It...
Are You Worth It?

Are You Worth It?

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.                                                                                      – – Albert Einstein Being creative and innovative requires self-acceptance and the belief that what you have to say...
Listen Up

Listen Up

 “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” . . Jimi Hendrix. Back in the nineteen eighties, I volunteered at Chris Brownlie AIDS hospice where there were 26 beds and 26 dying men. This was before the life-saving cocktails when having HIV meant there wasn’t much time...
Making Something Out of Nothing

Making Something Out of Nothing

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”                                                                         . . . Maya Angelou Creativity is making something out of nothing. I’m writing a book for an inspirational woman right now. I’ve...