Answering the Question: Do I Matter?

by | Mar 2, 2026 | Original Writing

The job hunt continues, and after two months, I find myself searching, not just for the next paycheck or the stability of health insurance for my family once severance runs out, but also for clarity on how I still matter. We all want to do work that leaves a mark....

Farewell to the Golden Cow

by | Jan 25, 2026 | Original Writing

Today marks the unexpected closing of the Newport Creamery (“stop at the sign of the Golden Cow”) here in our town. For those of you not from the area, think mediocre ice cream and burgers cooked on a giant griddle and served by high school students, like...

Awake

by | Jan 19, 2026 | Original Writing

I find myself with a lot more free time to write on my hands as I seek out the next step of my professional communications and marketing journey. With that in mind, I plan to share bits and pieces of new, original writing here.    I’m in bed early, never this...

The Empty Spaces Between the Other Times

by | Jan 15, 2022 | Original Writing

I’ve been thinking a lot about time ever since I received the call at 5:55 PM on a Wednesday. How much time it took me to put on my jacket. To sprint from my office, down the hall, and out to my car. To drive across the bridge to Jamestown to be with my stepmother and...

A Blizzard, 40+ Years Later

by | Feb 7, 2018 | Original Writing

I can’t recall when it started to snow. I suppose I could look it up but it doesn’t matter all that much. It may have been snowing as I trudged to my bus stop on the corner of Irving and Blackstone Boulevard for school that morning, or it might have started once I got...