East Coast Meets Left Coast!
There's only one thing that I don't love about living in Los Angeles. Part of me feels like I'm cheating on New York! Because New York lives in my soul - and did even when I was growing up in Iowa. So...
View ArticleA White Light Drip
Sometimes I joke that - if I could - I would hook myself up to a White Light drip! A drip that would fill the space where negativity once lived; fill it with the best of energy and the best of calm;...
View ArticleMercury Retrograde LOL
Have you ever felt like you could be the Poster Girl (or Guy) for Mercury Retrograde? If so, you'll know how my day feels. And you'll understand when I say, "@!!#@?!#%#??!!!" LOL xoxo, Joanie
View ArticleThe Other Side of the Horizon
Have you ever reached the other side of the horizon? Reached into it with your eyes, and touched it with your soul? That's how I watch the ocean. In fact, it's a major part of why living on the "Left...
View ArticleOverheard in NYC
One day, while standing at a stoplight, in NYC, I overheard a woman behind me."Honey, where would you like to go while we're visiting here?"I knew how I felt about this city that is often thought of...
View ArticleThe Amber, the Sand, and the Light
At Laguna Beach, while happily playing in the amber light in the waves, I noticed that the amber in my ring refused to play along. Like a pouty child, it sulked even in the brilliance of the sun; and...
View ArticleMe In A Sound Bite
If you asked me to describe myself in a sound bite, I'd tell you, "My soul is my bottom line - and I'm not even joking!"
View ArticleFrosting
When I was growing up, I felt that I was like frosting without the cake - and not great frosting at that! I knew that I was pretty because I saw it in the mirror sometimes. (Although I felt that the...
View ArticleParallel Magic
New York City is like a vein running through me. It's a road to who I am, who I was, and the Joanie I will always be. An energy that breathes life into my soul. And a heartbeat that lives in my...
View ArticleDear, dear Mercury Retrograde...
Dear, dear Mercury Retrograde...Yesterday, I laughingly texted a friend, "As frustrating as Mercury Retrograde can be, I'm almost going to miss it when it leaves tomorrow. 'Cause ironically, I get so...
View ArticleLearning To Fly
Sometimes I feel like a square peg without even a round hole. So I keep on carving my own. Sometimes it feels pioneering, liberating, and very, very brave. But other times? The loneliness inside rears...
View ArticleEven In My Dreams!
Last night I dreamed that a group of people looked at me with total disdain, and nodded in agreement as one woman sneered, "You didn't even cook - you made instant potatoes out of a box! And now the...
View ArticleGrowing Up - Scenes From A Sitcom
Have you ever looked back at vignettes of your childhood and teen years and thought they looked like scenes from a sitcom? Or said, "Awww", because even as an adult you still feel exactly the same at...
View ArticleThe Lipstick That Could Change My Life
I'll never forget standing beside a friend in Woolworths, mesmerized by a makeup display of gleaming gold tubes of tangerine colored gloss. Mesmerized and longing to buy a Tangee Lipstick so badly....
View ArticleA White Purse Without A Green Gun On it
Have you ever looked at who you were as a child, and felt like you were looking in a mirror? Because you're basically the same person you were then? And because you've returned to doing what you loved...
View ArticleMy Boyfriend's Locker
All my life, people have laughed at my klutziness, but I never understood why until a friend stopped laughing long enough to tell me, "I'm sorry, but it's because you look so sophisticated that it's...
View ArticleTurkey Notes
When I remember Thanksgiving at my Bawby's and Zady's house, some of my favorite parts were the visuals and the warmth. The gorgeously set dining table that - to the little girl I was - seemed to...
View ArticleAn Apple For My Teacher
Whenever my mother bought apples, she rinsed and polished them until they shone, then artfully arranged them in a bowl. It was a simple gesture, but she loved the ritual of honoring the fruit and of...
View ArticleHanging Out With Myself
Did you ever carve out your own private sanctuaries when you were growing up and wanted to hang out with yourself? I found nooks and crannies everywhere. At five-years-old I tucked myself inside my...
View ArticleBoyfriends / Preschool Through 1st Grade
My mother teased me once that I had more boyfriends from preschool through first grade than the rest of my life combined! In preschool day camp, my first little crush called me, "my little teapot". Who...
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