Vixen Chronicles

It's a wrap for me! 2023 was good to me. in terms of experiences and opportunities that came my way, but now its time for some rest and relaxation. I'm taking the rest of the year off, from EVERYTHING...day job, passion projects included. I set goals at the beginning of the year, on reviewing them, I accomplished several, but if it's not done now, it's not gonna get done in the last 2 1/2 weeks of the year. I could sprint for the finish line and fall over, it, exhausted, or I can step back and learn lessons from the 12 months that I worked towards these goals. I'm choosing the latter. I am going to slow down to refocus so that I can step into 2024 properly paced. Taking a break may seem counterintuitive to some, but it's not a sign of weakness, it's an act of self care. I'm a writer. I'm a coach, and I am an UX Research Leader. Creativity fuels my work, but when constantly on the go, the wellspring of inspiration can run dry. Or you just get tired. ...

     Last week, I spent the day at a high school, talking about writing and books. when I showed up, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to talk about, or if I was going to read from any of my books. On the way there, I received a Facebook notification that someone had mentioned me and made a comment about A Letter for My Mother- -the book I'd edited--creative non-fiction, and since it was close to Mother's Day, I decided to spotlight this book.      If you follow me, you know the story of how this book started. The MIL whom I'd believed to share a mutual feeling of dislike with was dying, and the thought of her leaving this plane was very painful to me.  I was bewildered by these feelings and being that I was across the country, could not go to her. So I wrote her a letter, and filed it. Later, on reading the letter, I thought it should be published somewhere and the book was born.       The task was not as simple as it s...