Kicking That Kactus

One Woman’s Search for Steel-Toed Boots

Woman with short blonde hair holding a potted cactus wrapped in brown paper in an outdoor park setting.

A humor essayist writing stories of recognition, honesty and humanity, creating community for women whose lives went FABULOUSLY off-script

What’s Happening in the Patch

🎙 Kicking That Kactus is currently being rebuilt with better sound, sharper storytelling, and slightly fewer technological meltdowns

🎭 Recently won a 10-minute pop play competition, which honestly feels like proof that emotional instability can be honored

📬 Am working on a platform to create a community for women rebuilding themselves after life went spectacularly sideways

🐈 STILL trying not to kick my kat while defending microphones, keyboards, and emotional stability from a tabby named Stubby

“Don’t rob me of my travesty… it’s the stuff of Pulitzers.” - from The Mighty Fallen