Unorthodox. I have been thirty years an ordained Episcopal priest. I am catholic with a lower case “c”. I am a parochial school girl but of the rebellious kind. My Jesuit educated father gifted me with an insatiable curiosity. I grew up asking questions of all kinds, many the good sisters did not appreciate. Needless to say I became a philosophy major at Catholic U and shortly thereafter an Anglican. Anglicans are forever asking questions. And I am one.

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Unhinged. I have been 20 years certifiably crazy. I say this with great affection. Bipolar brains are the gift that keep giving in my family and I got the gift. My brain is not disordered; it is different. To be balanced and  bipolar is actually a great gift. As my life has expanded and shrunk and expanded yet again, I have experienced this world with an intensity I don’t believe otherwise possible. Balance is an art I practice every day. Some days better than others.

In this little blog, I share stories exploring the world through a creative and manic lens. And I am very proud to say, that a few of my stories have made it onto the stage.

I hope that my tales might remind you of some of your own. Maybe you will recognize yourself or someone you love or  — maybe just someone who drives you crazy.

There are lots of us, you know.

Unorthodox and Unhinged, and often Unfiltered, here I go.

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