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...

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...