happy birthday you…

happy birthday you…

I heard her laugh often. I saw her mean. I watched her love. I learned from her silent action to do for someone else. Always. Always for someone else. She was not of the generation that considered the idea of self-care. I loved the way her wrinkly fingers would wash my lips after we ate [...]

Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

Every once in a while a story comes along that stirs us so deeply we may never quite be the same. I was fortunate to be invited to screen the new Roadside Attractions film Gigi & Nate, which releases on September 2nd. As both a die-hard film AND animal lover, it may surprise others to [...]

A catfish tale, and why they matter…

A catfish tale, and why they matter…

{I'm giving this song back to you–it has always been true, in unconventional ways: I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden} Roughly a million years ago, back in the stone-aged time of the internet being relatively new, I was catfished. This was well before Nev Schulman coined the term, back when no one knew [...]