Author: the jodi

Green Chimney’s is a place for learning & healing for kids and animals. That’s why…

My friend Brian died Monday. I met Brian though my friend Lyle. Lyle died 6…

I walked through the new Washington Square Park, expecting to be disappointed, or at least…

My first day working in the barn at Green Chimney’s. You know how excited I…

There’s a scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, you know the one, he’s…

Daddy was a con man. Not a thief, not a Catch Me if You Can…

Something has changed. I’ve caged the squirrels, quieted my monkey mind and let disorder take…

I’m on sensory overload.              I spent a week out in the country, up to my…

How is it so easy to write about my mother, and so hard to write…

Mother’s Day. Growing up we never made a big deal about those made-up Hallmark holidays….

I’m an hour outside the city and light years away from my world. I’m getting…

            two weeks. two thursdays. no tears.

Most of the time I think my writing is self-indulgent, that I’m writing into a…

She was only 42 when she started missing her period and at first we thought…

I’m looking for houses again. I have no money and I’m so Grey Gardens tied…

I don’t know about little boys, hell, it becomes more and more apparent each day…

I see them on the streets & the subways. The pretty girls. The really pretty…

Okay, I’ve already admitted to & been sanctified as, having more than a wee touch…

Sometimes when I go to a meeting or a presentation, or unfortunately even when I’m…

I’ve been seriously ill and hospitalized twice with colitis.  Colitis is all about blood and…

That was the title of a book on my parents shelf as I was growing up. I…

I open my eyes to a greasy tin ceiling & the smell of oil and gasoline.I’m…

I’m a total critter chick. Given the choice, I’ll almost always choose four legs over…

As in, given a choice, which would you choose? Thanks to the “economic downturn” I…