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SF Widow Girl


40 Years Later: Life's Allegories and Other Such Lessons
Jon and me with our Mermaid hair at Iguazu Falls, Argentina, March 2025 I had a moment the other day which made me wonder if my life is...
Apr 3


Remembering is Good - Anniversaries Suck
Two years ago this month my husband Bill died, leaving me, his family and friends to mourn his loss and find a way forward without him....
Jan 18


We All Need A Steak Night In Our Lives
Sunday evenings at my house are known as ‘steak night.’ Most of you in my regular orbit know about steak night and how this is a sacred,...
Oct 9, 2024


The Journey Ends for Now
Over the last 19 months, I’ve spent several weeks in Portugal, Costa Rica and Columbia to escape daily life and the void left by my...
Sep 20, 2024


Better Call Saul and his Sidekick Dick Tracy
When someone sends you a message they are closing the door to you, it should come equipped with a deadbolt and alarm system so you cannot...
Sep 13, 2024


My Golden Bachelor
Burn out is common with online dating and at some point most of us find we need to get off the apps, clean out our inboxes and take a...
Sep 6, 2024


Distance is more than physical
I was man-browsing one evening on the Facebook Dating platform which is never a good idea because there is no barrier to entry – it’s...
Aug 30, 2024


Divine Intervention From My Husband
Bill and me in Lodi, CA, 2021 “A Wiccan, narcissist and adulterer walk into a bar…” This is not a poor ChatGPT joke. I actually matched...
Aug 23, 2024


Grief is not just about death
There is no chapter in the vintage Dr. Spock’s Baby and Childcare (one of the best-selling books of the 20th century) for what to do...
Aug 16, 2024


Ghosts and other apparitions: Sayonara baby, I’m tapping out
Dating apps have more ghosts than a New Orleans cemetery and they are not friendly, notorious or have a great story. These ghosts are...
Aug 9, 2024


Some of you are worried about me
Since launching this blog six weeks ago, I have been honored to have some deep and profound conversations about loss, love, death, grief,...
Aug 2, 2024


Baiting & Tackling: Fish Dude
The world is full of signs - subtle, precautionary, and those which are obvious and impossible to miss. And yet, when entering dating...
Jul 26, 2024


I'm Great.
I’m on my way to have dinner with some dude who I’m not sure I’m at all interested in, but checks a lot of existential boxes and I need...
Jul 19, 2024


Flying the First Kite – Date One
The price of love today runs the average single person between $19 to $100 a month to expose yourself on popular dating apps. Inflation...
Jul 12, 2024


Grief Cleaning - What to Keep & Discard
(I actually have a 1964 Red Corvair convertible in my garage, ergo the image above.) Endings are just beginnings in disguise, whether we...
Jul 5, 2024


The End and Beginning of Love
As far as I’m concerned, the only thing that happened in the entire world in 2023 is that my husband died. I faintly remember other...
Jun 18, 2024
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