Step-parents, those fairy tale villains, Have been given a bad name.They're easy targets.When the family goes awryHow easy to blame them.I was blessed by the right steps...

Heavy as such things areAfter the wordslide, the writing begins."From "Word Quake

to split the very sea into ours and theirs." Border at the BeachAnd More White Sheets

pencils racing across paper, a sound I like." Marisol

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet.

Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . "Spring Flight

Today I will find something beautiful.Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree.The dove resting near the lemon buds.Sunbeams smiling from sky to earth.Smiling on me."Creating" in BREATHE IN

I never tired of picturing sharks.

A dog's good for filling a grief-dug hole.""In the Shape of Shep

Oh, my father, such a difficult man.His world turned on his axis.From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN

In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love.

Walk into the unknown with what you know in your heart.

Doing differently what’s already done is old and boring. Do something new, that’s yet to be done.

I wanted to be strong when I went back to Persuasion. Strong and beautiful and totally together. I dreamed of the day I’d get to rub all your faces in my sheer awesomeness.

It's much easier to make jokes about not having kids.

It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now

Everything we own tells too much about us.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

The only thing I ever really care about is animals - animal causes. I don't really care about people that much, but animals I feel like they always need to be protected.

The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.