Letters from the hearth <3

#samplesunday (1st entry) by Marsha Leigh St.Claire-B This memoir piece is posted with permission from: The Palo Alto Review ( Spring 2007 issue) Archie,Veronica, Jughead and Me. Tuesday afternoons began like this. I’m sitting near my front door with a folder full of piano music propped against my feet. The door is slightly ajar so I can peek around it from time to time to see if the taxicab has  [ Read More ]

  Hey men – this is easy really when you consider what our (women) weakness is . We are helpless when you tell us things – using words — even better. The story is old, I realize that women talk “too” much and men are always waiting for the bottom line – all the while their minds are drifting to something else until you finish your yammering. For women, we  [ Read More ]

Living one’s life as a perfectionist along with growing up with a mom suffering from the same disorder is far from perfect. I say “disorder” in the kindest terms possible because there is a misconception in either direction about how we perfectionists view our lives, and those that view how we behave. Here are the truths that I’ve discovered. I welcome comments if you also live as I do. One:  [ Read More ]