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  • Flash Fiction: My New Passion

    Brookings Hall- Washington University, St.Louis   Perhaps because I am a double Gemini I have multiple-multiple personalities. One day I am "painter Lexie," another day I am "chef Lexie," and on my Hot Yoga days "Bikram Lexie". Robert will endearingly call me these names because on that day, or in that moment I am most…

  • THE REMAINS OF THE DAY – DREAMTIME

    THE REMAINS OF THE DAY      DREAM: I am working with Steven Spielberg in some creative capacity. We are ensconced in a craftsmen-like bungalow, the interiors of which are painted with grey green walls contrasted by reddish teak floors. The lighting is ambient but for a spot over the long worktable where I am working…

  • Everychild: My Heartfelt Mission

    Sometimes the holidays get me down. Too much jingle-ling-a-ling. Too much shopping, too much stuff. It makes me nervous! That’s why I try to get into the “service” thing… giving to others in the form of giving back with my time. Altruism becomes the “heart” of my year-end mission. (This is me shopping, after all.…