Jack's Smack

Last week I time-traveled back to middle school. But instead of dodging spitballs and navigating the lunchroom, I felt like...

To write or not to write? That's the ongoing debate, isn't it?  Embracing creativity after 50, feels like an eternal...

Serendipitously this Jack’s Smack falls on the last day of the year. The alignment begs for some reflections and revelations....

The third time’s a charm, they say.  Typically used to say that two efforts at something have already failed but...

There's a certain magic that happens when like-minded women travel together, venturing into new corners of the world armed with...

If you are looking for a titillating, energizing, pulse-quickening experience, wire yourself hundreds of dollars to a Western Union in...

Last weekend marked a rare occasion where I indulged in a movie not just once, but twice. The subject: the...

As I drove back from my son’s home in  Boone, North Carolina to my home in Chapel Hill this past...

Lately, I can’t help but notice all that is broken and malfunctioning (including me). I don’t think it’s just me...

I feel broken. I know the word “broken” can be a trigger for many. “We are all perfectly imperfect”, I...