Creative Writing

A Remembrance

I remember playing Memory around the kitchen table late at night, eating ice cream sandwiches and laughing when we would forget where the lemons were. I remember exploring ...Read More

The Miracle Cat

Please note: I originally published this story on my first blog, The Cat’s Meow, in 2006. The miracle cat, Paka, is pictured above. I will never really know what happened ...Read More

Bonding with Lions

When I was a young girl, I used to lie in bed and watch the lions, cheetahs, tiger and other big cats stroll across my ceiling and walls in beautiful colors. All these ...Read More

Churning on the Ocoee

I just missed the stroke by half a second, but the mistake would stay with me for a lifetime. As the water pulled my kayak back from the preferred route across the shoals, I ...Read More