The Gatannah Files

Yesterday, after our Tuesday library group disbanded, I wanted to walk down to the lake to see the water level, which is full for the first ...

In looking for something else, I found an essay I'd written back in the fall of 2012, months after James and I had started dating and mo...

Two years ago when I was getting multiple biopsies to try to ascertain whether or not I had cancer in my neck, I wasn't that fussed abou...

I remember seeing a picture of what body dysmorphia is a long time ago. Basically, there are multiple line drawings of a person, the same pe...

  ... a photographer and incredibly talented acquaintance from D's gym, Gabrielle, offered to do a photoshoot with me. She also wanted t...

Looking for an old apartment where I used to live, I happened across two articles that I'd written for the magazine Travel Weekly 20 yea...

As you know, we need moolah!  Twice within the past month, I have been offered work. Paid work! And twice I have turned it down. WHY? I lite...