Author: Kerri Tracht

It finally stopped raining this morning. It was probably last night, but all I know is that when I opened the blinds this morning, the sun was shining. That made me very happy.  I live in Florida although I lived in the Pacific Northwest for just over 30 years of my life where innumerable days…

I very vividly remember the first time I did it. You know…the ‘pull your arm far away to read something’ move? I was at my sister’s house and was watching my niece apply lipstick. I told her I really liked the color and picked the tube up to note the name of it.  I tried…

 I’m a dreamer. Not the type that sits and has crazy visions and pictures of a new tomorrow. No. I literally dream pretty much every night and remember my dreams. The other day while not feeling great, I took a nap on the couch and dreamt then. I have a sister who tells me she…

  I heard it said that grandchildren were God’s reward to you for staying in the game through the teen years. I have my own theory. I believe that it is His reward for not pushing your teens out of a moving car. Not that it ever crossed my mind. Okay, maybe it crossed my…

  No…that is not a reference to how I like my steak. In fact if you serve me a steak that is not soft to the touch, pink all the way through with a bright red center, (otherwise known as medium-rare), I am a bit disappointed. Even if I am the one on the grill.…

 I’ve recently completed my first novel. I say first because I have every intention of it not being a one and done. I do believe I have more in me. How do I know that? Because I didn’t put the first one in me and I have faith in the One who did put it…

 (written sometime in 2011) I remember when my Uncle Jerry had a birthday celebration for my Aunt Charlotte. A celebration of her first birthday, anyway. I’m not entirely sure of when her second birthday was, her spiritual birthday. At this point in her life, in the merciless clutch of Parkinson’s Disease, I’m not sure that…

What makes someone become a writer? What makes someone become a writer? I have wondered that throughout my life. Are they born with a certain fire that drives them to put pen to paper, so to speak, or are they developed into these creative beings over a process of learning and experiences in their lifetime?…