Nurses: Write Your Mind Out

July 28, 2011

Last fall I heard Suzanne Gordon, journalist and long-time advocate for nursing, give a rousing speech to a room full …

A Final Farewell to Borders

July 26, 2011

My love affair with Borders bookstore on State Street in Chicago came to an end the other day when I …

July 21, 2011

On Tuesday a sign said the cafe would close on Friday. So I went today, Thursday, for my last vanilla …

July 20, 2011

The International Christian Retail Show started for me with a warm greeting from Bill and Nancie Carmichael from Deep River …

July 18, 2011

This afternoon I went to Borders to write, a usual afternoon activity. With the gift cards I get from my …

July 16, 2011

One big blessing is the best way I can describe my experience at the International Christian Retail Show last week …

July 13, 2011

“Where were you the day that Kennedy died?” my dinner guest asked me recently. I wondered why she wanted to …

July 8, 2011

Getting ready for Atlanta next week. Meeting up with the publisher of Caring Lessons, Deep River Books, at the International …

July 6, 2011

In my quest, as a nurse, to become a writer of memoir, I learned the importance of first sentences: to …