Deirdre Richards

“Bravery is fear that said f&ck it I’m gonna do it anyway” (we’ve all heard some variation of that haven’t we?)…you can’t wait for the fear to subside in order to pursue your dreams whether they be personal or professional because the opportunity might just pass you by.  It is time to grab your sword [...]

Recently I was faced w/the very real possibility that I might have to pack up and move and it made me very wistful.  I have never lived in one place as long as I have lived in my humble abode, a place I provided for myself.  I raised my daughter here since she was 10 [...]

My letter to you Miss 2011 –   For some reason you were attractive, alluring, coquettish, flirty but you made promises you didn’t deliver.  Oh sure there were some winks, nudges if you will, a come hither look now and then but you rejected my advances like a scorned lover when all I wanted was [...]

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They say it takes a village to raise a child and let me tell you since my daughter turned 18 and is heading off to college soon, I find myself reflecting back on all those who made it possible for me to raise this amazing being.  There were many who watched my girl in the [...]

“Match.com” where they promise to find you A match, they don’t even promise to find you a compatible match, just…a match.  Well, if that were my only criteria, I could’ve done that a long time ago.  ”Zoosk”?  Sounds like a new tv show on Nickelodeon not where I’m gonna meet my future mate.  ”Findmelove.com” who [...]

When my daughter was little and I was gone for a few hours, upon return she would say, “I misseded you Mama”.  She had missed me so much that she needed another syllable to express it.  As she gets ready to head off to college, I know upon her return I will say, “I misseded [...]

Comedy clubs standardly have a “2 drink minimum” but if you’re not a drinker what to do?  Sure you can “imbibe” in sodas instead but even that can get old after a while so how happy was I to discover Yoohoo as one of the offerings at a top L.A. comedy club many years ago. [...]

I don’t know what it is about my generation, whether it is the era we were raised in or the “me” generation we were raised by but sometimes it seems that even tho’ our lives are busier than ever and the world is at a breakneck pace, more than anything what we most hunger for, [...]

I love having my ? and am willing to keep my . in order to avoid the !  Some people question why I am attached to the ? when I could just be done and embrace the !  But for me it represents a , and/or the possibility of a …  So for as long as I [...]