"Sweet Dreams" by @carlyanderson.bsky.social in case you missed it

Happy to be reading for Five Minutes this month!

Happy to share this little piece I wrote during @smokelong.bsky.social’s March Micro Marathon.

100,000 people in NYC today didn’t let the rain stop them from protesting Trump and Musk. #handsoff

This Women's History Month, I'm proud to share that a short piece I wrote five years ago will be read tomorrow night at this phenomenal event celebrating the arc of a woman's life. Check out brevitymag.com/nonfiction/a... for the story and www.midlife-monologues.com for more info about the event.

Two things can be true: It’s a Wonderful Life is a great movie that will still make me cry no matter how many times I see it, and Mary’s terrible alternate reality fate being that she works in a library and wears glasses is unintentionally hilarious.

"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try." ~ Nikki Giovanni