Sharon's Blog

Making tracks toward my birthday

I'm currently prepping for my big birthday on May 30th. Although I do indeed plan to celebrate, activities do not include party...

Mother's Day is for the mighty

I never wanted to offer my children bromides (Follow your bliss.) or platitudes (Everything happens for a reason.) to make them simply...

Digging for the “so what” of your life

Writing a memoir comes down to providing a reckoning of your life. And as such, when you reach a certain age, you realize it's high time....

TED made me talk ... and people listened

When an otherwise level-headed young woman asked me if I wanted to entertain hundreds – ultimately, thousands – of people by giving a...

Forging a new path…when you really don't want to.

I was a journalist for most of my career, so I was very comfortable continuing to do that ad infinitum for the usual reasons: I loved the...

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