Category Archives: Fight wimpiness

Welcome 2016!

Posted on January 2, 2016 by sheilawill

I’ve decided it’s the Year of Sheila (although I’ve heard it’s the Year of the Monkey). There’s the excitement of planning my great adventure to Kyrgyzstan in May for a visit with Ethan and Steph. Where will I disembark on … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Boomers, Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Nature Girl | Tagged Ariela Inc, embracing fearlessness, greek mythology, heading back east, Kyrgyzstan, new year's eve, Southwest Harbor, Turning 70, world travel | 1 Comment

Snippets of Hiking

Posted on December 14, 2015 by sheilawill

I was on my Sunday afternoon hike, heading up the Douglas Spring trail in Tucson’s Rincon Mountains. You know, I start humming after being in nature for a few minutes. Two fleet-footed boys of 7 or 8 appear behind me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, Journalism/Writing, Nature Girl | Tagged Douglas Spring trail, good mothers, hiking in Tucson, mysterious blondes, Rincon Mountains, writing short stories | 2 Comments

Trying to make it easier — a short one

Posted on November 29, 2015 by sheilawill

Walking back to Brook and Gian’s house, up the main drag of Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC, I see a way to make it easier. Cut through the woods. Some folks may think I’m a bit nutty. I prefer … Continue reading →

Posted in Fight wimpiness, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Nature Girl | Tagged "The Big Orange Splot", Chapel Hill, Franklin Street, Maine woods, neighborhoods, Saxapahaw, sense of community, spider webs | 2 Comments

I’m with Bernie: ‘A grotesque level of inequality…’

Posted on October 10, 2015 by sheilawill

That’s the real issue, isn’t it? I’ve been a political junkie my entire life, but never have I been so afraid for the future of representative democracy in the United States. Citizens United has made a mockery of any semblance … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, politics | Tagged 2016 presidential election, Bernie Sanders, Citizens United, truth to power, Tucson Weekly, U.S. inequality, U.S. Supreme Court, Vermont politics | 4 Comments

Being in charge of myself…the way life should be!

Posted on August 20, 2015 by sheilawill

It’s been almost a month since I plunged back into an independent work life. Quitting my job after 10 years has been a relief — both emotionally and politically. For those of you who have sent kind words about missing … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Matters, Fight wimpiness, Journalism/Writing, Mount Desert Island/Maine | Tagged Ben's Bells Kindness Conference, freelance work, morning walks, Southwest Harbor, Tucson Foodie, Tucson Weekly, Wilko | 10 Comments

Ranch sisters

Posted on May 3, 2015 by sheilawill

Whether we’re from Kansas City, Boston, San Antonio, Chicago or Southwest Harbor, Maine, when five women get together we’re sisters. So it was at The Big House for less than 24 hours — long enough to establish a new and … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Boomers, Fight wimpiness, kinky eardrums, Nature Girl | Tagged Arizona hisotry, book groups, powerful women, ranch life, San Raphael Valley, sisterly retreats, U.S. Border Patrol, verandas | 3 Comments

My next bumper sticker?

Posted on April 5, 2015 by sheilawill

My boring 1999 beige Toyota Corolla needed a bumper sticker to help me find it. I saw my car everywhere in Tucson. When I bought it 10 years ago, I was already old enough to have trouble remembering where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fight wimpiness, politics | Tagged bumper stickers, Gov. Doug Ducey, Hillary Rodham Clinton, presidential politics, reverse abortion, Toyota Corollas, women's rights | Leave a comment

Racism where the sidewalk ends

Posted on March 22, 2015 by sheilawill

Life in sunny Tucson is good. I’m sunny most of the time but shit happens that’s hard to take. What I wanted to write about today was last weekend’s stimulating, fun Tucson Festival of Books; finding my mother-of-the-groom dress in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fight wimpiness, politics | Tagged 14th Amendment, Charles Blow's son, necessity of pedicures, racism, Tucson Police Department, U.S. Supreme Court, young black males | 7 Comments

Happiness 2015: The Givers and the Takers

Posted on January 2, 2015 by sheilawill

I’m an extrovert. I get caught up in the New Year’s hype. I’m glad that “the holiday season” is done and that it’s a time for starting over. That’s how I see it, but it probably isn’t as easy for … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Matters, Fight wimpiness | Tagged being a mensch, complaining about others, happiness bottle, Happiness Project, kindness matters, meditation, New Year's hype | 2 Comments

Back in the saddle of books: Texas here I come!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by sheilawill

Growing up in Connecticut didn’t stop me from imagining Texas just over the next hill. “Daddy, is that Texas?” I frequently asked my father on our Sunday rides to Blackie’s for hot dogs and chocolate milk. I don’t recall wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Fight wimpiness, Mount Desert Island/Maine, politics, Tucson Festival of Books/good books | Tagged Austin hipness, Ferguson, Greg Brown, Naomi Shihab Nye, Oz Books, poetry, Southwest Harbor, Texas, Texas Book Festival | Leave a comment