My beautiful and amazing mother, Irene, has died. She had turned 90 on the 4th of July this year. She passed away just after midnight on the first day of autumn. If you read my third book, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, you know all about my mother. She was the lead … [Read more...] about Irene Flinn 1934 – 2024
Essay
I Never Had a Barbie, and I’m OK With That
I never had a Barbie growing up. I had a single cheap knockoff, but never an honest-to-God Barbie. All my life, I harbored this notion my parents gave the matter deep thought. Perhaps they considered her an insufficient role model? Or, they feared giving me an inferiority … [Read more...] about I Never Had a Barbie, and I’m OK With That
