I’m a big fan of working from the couch in my front room. It has the cozy vibe of a cafe without the need to …
Category: Writing
I’m that person whose party gift lands on the table without a tag, requiring the recipient to look around sheepishly as she opens it to …
It’s a classic story we’ve heard time and time again. Girl graduates from high school. Girl goes to UCLA. Girl gets knocked up. Girl gets …
January is here again and with it has arrived a collection of resolutions, promises, and great changes among the masses that will mostly be abandoned …
I could have slept in this past Saturday and further nursed my wicked allergies/cold (that I would later find out was a sinus infection), but …
Earlier today, I managed to disappear shortly from Day 2 of my daughter Kourtney’s dance convention. Dance conventions are the purest form of parent torture; …
You drive by it and it’s a block of mud Weeds and trash, and you don’t think about it You pass it for months, years, …
I’ve finally realized that I can’t do it all. I used to hate that saying, but dangit if it ain’t true. And really: All? I …
misoneism: n – hatred or fear of change or innovation Chatting around the Christmas dinner table, I assumed it would be the grandparents who voiced …
lucabrate: v. to stay up late to study While in my 20s I could lucabrate every night of the week and still get up early, …
One of my most beloved teachers, who has had much influence on my writing – the incomparable Janet Fitch – always challenged our class to …
For the first, oh, two or three months or so after submitting my manuscript to the agent with whom I worked several years ago (remember …
I’ve never been the most organized person. I’m a last minute gal. I don’t get gas until the light comes on. If you’ve invited me …
It’s a little too easy. Soon, San Francisco will be one quick toll bridge away from Japan. The mayor will dye the sky a proper …
I’ve done it. After nearly three years at it, I’ve found what once eluded Mick Jagger and friends in the mid-1960s: (Yes!) Satisfaction. And the …