Cry Laugh Heal

I recently took an excellent class at a writer's center in suburban Maryland and learned that my blog, Cry Laugh Heal, needs a technolo...

Songs are touchstones; expressions of personal thoughts, emotions or memories.  An outpouring of experiences.  Songs can transport and insp...

I write about the great American singer songwriter Johnny Cash today for two reasons: the first is it's his birthday and if he were sti...

The calendar still says February but the warm temperatures this weekend offered me hope that Spring is close to arriving in my area of the ...

I am with you my dear readers as we begin a new week together!!!! I hope your weekend was full of exciting adventures and laughter and...

I am an early riser.  I find the morning to be peaceful and so quiet.  I use my morning time to collect my thoughts about what I think is g...

A big shout out today goes to the multi-talented singer songwriter Owen Danoff for exceeding his Kickstarter goal of $15,000!!! Owen an...

Last week a childhood friend of my father's died.  They had known each other since they were in grade school and met each other while p...

When I was in high school, I used to write a lot of poetry.  I liked the deliberate way of choosing and using words and trying to find the ...

I think the hardest thing about writing is writing.                                                  ~ Journalist, Author and Screenwr...

  Drawing By NYC Multiple Medium Artist Joe Mangrum One of my sister has a shoulder that is frozen and she is going to a physical the...

Yesterday I wrote a sympathy card to a man who once lived across the street from our family when I was growing up. Sadly, his wif...

Following-up to yesterday's post about writing as a way to process your thoughts and emotions, I just wanted to add a few quick t...

To me, processing or working through difficult emotions such as grief, anger, frustration and confusion, is in a sense, breaking dow...

Free Your Inner Artist Without any notice, life can change direction.  Finding that you have to suddenly walk down a new path can be s...

Playing With The Moon By Amir Jutt You invited us into the world of science and made us love it as you did.  You taught us that writ...

       Check out the new look of Cry, Laugh, Heal and let me know what you think. I re-designed the blog to give it a fresher f...