I’m honored to say that a short piece of mine appeared in The Writers Club. It describes a moment when I was compelled to convey tragic news to…
“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” ― John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars” As many of you know, I lost my beloved husband, Walter Lucas, to…
From the Koru Magazine blog, where I explain what drove me to write my newly published essay: “In Groves of Green, I describe what happened to me, almost from…
My Ireland-born, paternal grandmother, Evelyn Mae Dwyer MacPherson, with my father, John “Bud” MacPherson. Evelyn died of pneumonia two years after this photo was taken. (New York, New…
I am honored to report that my essay appears in Scarlet Magazine, a publication created by and for Rutgers University Newark students. I recently wrote a piece for Medium.com on…