Leaving The Door Open

Keeping it Real Storytelling

  • Hiding in a Painting

    Hiding in a Painting

    I had finished weeding around the begonias in my grandfather’s garden as I did sometimes on Saturday mornings. I knew that he would be waiting inside for me. I was nervous about going in because I had something on my mind. I was 16 or…

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  • A Bridge Away From Home

    A Bridge Away From Home

    I am participating in this month’s WordPress #WordPrompt: Bridge At age eight, I felt lucky to have my street dead end directly in front of…

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  • Putting On Brave Faces

    Putting On Brave Faces

    It has been months since I wrote about my 91-year-old mother Ginny who resides in Memory Care (the highest level of nursing and trained staff…

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  • Women Helping Women  – A Conversation

    Women Helping Women – A Conversation

    I believe it was my recent post Seeing Red Over Shades of Sexism which removed the rose-colored glasses I have worn for so many years.…

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  • Love at First Byte

    Love at First Byte

    I will always remember my first home computer.  It was an AST; an acronym for the company’s three founders Albert, Safi and Thomas who were…

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