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What Were You Born To Do?
Today, while organizing my belongings into piles marked Donate, Store, Keep, Take [with me], I found this postcard in a bag full of stuff...
Suzanne Casamento
Jul 17, 20213 min read
It's All Happening...
The countdown has started. I have 18 days to get rid of everything I own, get out of this apartment and launch my digital nomad journey....
Suzanne Casamento
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Time to Write Another Book?
In early spring, I kept hearing a voice say, "Find that story. Find that story." I ignored the voice because I knew if I found the story,...
Suzanne Casamento
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Messages Received
Returning to LA was hard and weird and…HARD. When I left almost 10 months ago, the Sunset Strip was boarded up, storefronts empty....
Suzanne Casamento
Jun 16, 20213 min read
What Has Come to Teach You?
For years I struggled with chronic Lyme disease. Anyone who has struggled with a chronic "mystery illness" understands how the illness...
Suzanne Casamento
May 13, 20213 min read
Repeat: History
Last night, I finished THE FOUR WINDS. I have several observations. First, thank God for historical fiction. Without it, I never would...
Suzanne Casamento
May 11, 20211 min read
Waiting Room
That's what this feels like. The in-between of knowing something big is coming, but having to sit quietly, bored, frustrated that it's...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 27, 20211 min read
Bless It Or Block It
Part of "The Better Plan" is trusting that there's a better plan. Yesterday, I had an appointment scheduled to get the Johnson & Johnson...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 14, 20212 min read
To Go
Does my Pro-choice Pro-equality Pro-woman Pro-facts Pro-action Pro-real talk state of being make you uncomfortable? If so, good. Ask...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 8, 20211 min read
The Terrible Man Upstairs
STOMP. STOMP. STOMP. The art deco chandelier sways. The ceiling shakes. There’s a terrible man upstairs. Huffy. Whiny. Yelling. He yells...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 6, 20211 min read
The Plan
Once I realized I didn't want to go back to LA, I did what any good Angeleno does and I made an appointment with my energy healer. I...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Dread
I love LA. Wholeheartedly. From the moment I landed at LAX almost 30 years ago, it's been home. From the chaotic grunge of Hollywood to...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 14, 20211 min read