This weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Pockets, this overjoyed cat. No, seriously, the cat was very happy. Apparently, Pockets’...

Based on the number of hours and dollars I’ve spent in the beauty aisle of CVS, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Target, and every department store...

At Schuler’s Books in Michigan Just a quick blog this week, gang, to say a huge, mushy, heartfelt thanks to all of you who made IF YOU...

I’m on a book tour this week, gang—Michigan, St. Louis, and Georgia, with Phoenix, Natick, MA, and Fairfield, CT to come the week after....

It’s a big week for me, gang! If You Only Knew comes out on Tuesday, and I’m dying for you to read it (and a little nervous, too). My...

Jenny Tate, one of the sisters in If You Only Knew, is a wedding dress designer. Honestly, can you imagine how fun that would be?...

Oh, Hiddles, how I adore you! Leo Killian, the hero of IF YOU ONLY KNEW teaches piano. Children love him, mothers bring him pies, Jenny,...

Here’s a secret: I imagine being widowed all the time. Don’t worry. McIrish knows. He understands. First, he’s a firefighter, so he puts...

A terribly exciting thing happened to me at the Romance Writers of America national conference this past week, gang. Terribly exciting! I...

I was wondering what to write this week…it’s been both a very busy and very quiet week for me, lots of errands, but nothing really going...

The “stop touching me” posture known to big sisters everywhere… There was a mandatory family walk the other night in the Higgins...

I didn’t see this. But I expected to. McIrish is one of those irritatingly logical people. I’m one of those wonderfully emotional people....

The big white oak was between 350 and 400 years old, the biggest tree in my town, the second biggest in Connecticut, according to a tree...

In honor of Father’s Day, I figured I’d tell you a few little secrets about McIrish and his paternal skills. When the Princess was born,...

I had a great time in Ottawa last weekend! I’ve been to Montreal before (once, with McIrish), and Waterton National Park, and a strange...

I saw San Andreas tonight because I love disaster movies. Dragged the family with me, too, so they too could wince and cringe. We had a...

This week I was at BookExpo America and BookCon, both giant book shows held in the Javits Center in New York. My family came in, because...

So I’m sitting here with a blue mud mask on because I’ll believe anything. This product is (allegedly) from the Dead Sea (or La Mer...

After a very long winter, spring is in its full glory around here. Our valley is shadowy and mysterious and full of life. Dearest Son saw...

By the time my mom was 25, she had three kids in diapers…three kids in three and a half years. To keep things exciting, she also had a...