This was the first time I’ve done what I just got back from doing…I rented a house and stayed there for two solid weeks, writing away. I...

I get what I call the winter blues. I don’t want to go so far as to call it seasonal affective disorder, because that sounds too...

Since it’s Valentine’s Day and the emphasis is on couples, I thought I’d buck the trend and talk about how much I truly enjoyed being...

McIrish with an axe at work. This weekend, we went to a furniture/home furnishings store. Those places always make me both happy and...

I offered to help clean Dearest Son’s room this weekend because, well, I can’t remember why. When he was little, I’d clean his room (and...

Last year, it occurred to me that I don’t have any hobbies. I mean, I read. I watch movies and TV and baseball. I bake less, now that...

I fell down at the movie theater last night. Once again, walking proved to be too challenging for this bi-ped. Mercifully, I was not...

You ever notice how those new year resolutions always seem on the punitive side? Lose weight, exercise more, stop biting your nails, and...

When I was in my early twenties, I had a lovely job at a small museum. I did a variety of things from managing the volunteer corps,...

As you may know from past posts, I’m not a great giver of gifts, especially at Christmas. There was that dog toy shaped like a remote...

In ANYTHING FOR YOU, both the hero and heroine have significantly younger siblings. Jessica has Davey, seven years younger, and Connor...

This will never happen to my body, but hey. I want to like yoga. I do. It’s just that I hate it. All the indecipherable pose names that...

Having come back from sunny San Diego, I’ve pictured a different sort of life for myself. Because I’m a writer, I’ve put my imagination...

Am fast becoming addicted to these sunsets. I love to travel, as you probably know. I think there’s nothing I can do that better...

Yeah, right. We are still on the runway an hour after boarding at 8:07 a.m. today. The woman next to me has been asleep almost since the...

I wasn’t QUITE this adorable. Also, I had crooked bangs. Close enough. When I was five, my first tooth became loose, a common enough...

I was watching Blade Runner the other night with Dearest Son. The movie is set in 2019, and once again, technology has sadly failed us....

Some books come easily. An idea pops into my head. Sometimes, it’s a character, often based on a face (Tom Hiddleston, I’m looking at...

You know those mothers who just sense when their child is near? My mom is not one of them. No, she is completely unable to hear or...

Today, I went to our town’s fair, the biggest agricultural in the state. It’s great—cows and chickens and baby goats and giant donuts and...