A 12:06 a.m. phone call this morning reminded me that today is, indeed a special day. For more reasons than the obvious one, that being the release of the “Sister of Silence: Silent No More” book trailer. The phone call Read more…
It was midmorning, the sun was hot and the day promising, when I spotted a Baskin-Robbins on the street corner. Happy memories of Jamoca Almond Fudge and Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream came flooding back from childhood. It had been Read more…
In two days, I’ll be speaking at Las Positas College in Livermore, Calif. My presentation ties into the current news headlines about a story in the rural area of Modesto: that’s where former Enochs High School teacher James Hooker is Read more…
I loved The Artist, and am happy it won Best Picture (and just about everything else) at the Oscars last night. I’ve wanted to write about the movie since I saw it during a matinee last week. I’m not a Read more…
I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be here if only a man had been involved in my conception. On the contrary, there would have been no conception. So why is it that women are being pushed back into the kitchen, when Read more…
Our $5,000 project request has received four-percent of its backing, and we’re at the halfway mark: tomorrow will leave us just 15 days to fund the Sister of Silence book video. It may seem an overly ambitious goal, but I Read more…
If I had a dollar for every woman I’ve met who never healed from the abuse heaped upon her at the hands of a man, I daresay I’d be pretty wealthy by now. As the hour draws near for tonight’s Read more…
I’ve been seen in an emergency room twice since I left for my last book signing Saturday morning. The first time was when I coughed so hard I felt like I was going to pass out from lack of oxygen. Read more…
I don’t know that death gets any easier as you age—be it your own or someone else’s. I can’t say that it’s any less so for me now, than it was 15, 20 or even 30 years ago. It certainly Read more…
It’s not easy wearing so many hats, and I may have to shed a few. In the meantime, some changes are underway to this site, the Nellie Bly Books site and the new site dedicated solely to my book: Sister Read more…