by LCRooney | Apr 8, 2021 | Reflections on Life
When literally two-and-a-half years separate your two most recent blog posts, it seems almost ridiculous to say, “a lot has happened since….” No, wait…it actually would be ridiculous. But I’m back! And I promised you an explanation…...
by LCRooney | Sep 5, 2017 | Reflections on Life
My husband and I went to a local barbecue joint this evening. As we talked and laughed about the day we’d just spent with our nine-month-old granddaughter, my phone beeped. The PM was from a neighbor. The news was incomprehensible: A young woman, who, with her...
by LCRooney | Nov 9, 2016 | Reflections on Life
Here we are, in this moment of post-election reflection, and I have to say, I barely recognize my country. I mean, I’m used to being the “odd woman out,” so to speak, when it comes to the artistic community. What I mean is that I tend not to march in...
by LCRooney | Sep 11, 2016 | Reflections on Life
9/11. I lived in New Jersey then, had lived there my entire life up to that point. New York City was the big brother my part of New Jersey looked up to, idolized. We cheered their baseball, football, and hockey teams and viewed them as our own. An hour on the train...
by LCRooney | Jun 12, 2015 | Reflections on Life
Maybe you can go home again, but there’s going to be traffic. Lots and lots of traffic. My lobster-plated Subaru crawls through a sea of butter-colored license plates, bumper-to-bumper on the northern reaches of the Garden State Parkway. Even were there no other...
by LCRooney | Jan 30, 2015 | Reflections on Life
Part of a very special circle of strong and wonderful women, I wrote this poem about sisterhood and friendship as we await the outcome of our friend Nola’s mastectomy. Machu Picchu was one of Nola’s “bucket list” places, and visiting that sacred place had a...
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