Leaving The Door Open

Keeping it Real Storytelling

  • I Have A Tale to Tell

    I Have A Tale to Tell

    I have to share upfront that I am unabashedly piggybacking off of Vicki Atkinson’s post about the power of song and its cathartic abilities to bring us to tears in certain moments; particularly while in the car. Click here for her post. Her post got…

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  • Saturdays with Billie

    Saturdays with Billie

    Starting when I was very young, I remember visiting the home of my grandfather’s new wife. She was another Cleveland artist and her name was…

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  • A Crowning Touch

    A Crowning Touch

    It will be two years this Sunday, September 8th, since Queen Elizabeth II died at the extraordinary age of 96. My own mother, Gretchen, had…

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  • Mining Memories

    Mining Memories

    After taking a fairly immersive writing class this summer, which ended August 4th, I was eagerly expecting some good news from my Libby app. On…

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  • Remembering Friends

    Remembering Friends

    Didn’t I just write that I was taking a summer sabbatical? I did. But I also included a caveat that if there was a story…

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