Remembering Bourdain

When we learned in 2018 that Anthony Bourdain had passed, my husband and I were shocked. We had watched his show, Parts Unknown, for years and felt like he was our good friend. Maybe he was a bit rough around the edges, but he brought out the best in each area he visited and each…

Daring to Grow Together

I’m almost a decade late in reading Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly. Thankfully, it is just as applicable (if not more) in 2023 as when it was published in 2015. Here’s the quote from Theodore Roosevelt that Brown uses for the premise of her book: It is not the critic that counts; not the man who…

Vulnerability Elevates Good Writing

It’s a common misconception that successful writers are born and not made. That only those with a special gift, the Hemingways, Angelous and Brontës of the world, can rise above the masses to share their beautiful musings and epic stories with the world. Welcome to the Writer’s Life by Paulette Perhach smashes that misconception. The…