You guys know I adore McIrish, my sainted husband. He’s the best. He adores me, too. So now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s...

I love airports. O’Hare is a special favorite, there in the heartland, and that’s where I am now, sitting in a Chili’s, drinking bad...

I straddle the generational line in my extended family. Some of my aunts and uncles are closer to my age than my mother’s. I have one...

Kristan Higgins is my real name. I didn’t change it when I married McIrish for the simple reason that I didn’t want to. I don’t have many...

The other day, some friends and I were whining in the manner that friends whine to each other. Subjects included hot flashes, muscle...

As you may know, Princess and I are terribly cultured. We demonstrated this by going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Snippets from our...

My sainted mother loves to hate shopping. The last time the Princess was home from college, my mom called me. “I need some clothes,” she...

Dear Lord, thank You for making Idris. Sure, sure, I’m madly in love with Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy, and that hottie who plays Thor. But...

(This blog first appeared in May 2009 when I saw the first in the rebooted Star Trek series. I'm rerunning it in honor of Leonard Nimoy,...

Sixteen years ago and change, I was in the hospital having my son, and I was wicked, wicked sick. Sick enough to be rushed into the OR in...

I didn’t blog this weekend. I’m sorry! I was too busy rolling around on a floor, laughing till my teeth chattered. A plotting weekend...

I’m a vivid dreamer. Sometimes, that’s a blessing—Robert Downey Jr. and I have had several very romantic dates in the ether world, and...

One of the very best parts of writing books is visiting the location where my stories are set. The Blue Heron series is set in a...

Like most families, we have words that aren’t officially recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary. Most of them came from the kids’...

As an American, I love driving. I don’t like the five minute-trips to and from Dearest’s school, but I love going somewhere far. Today,...

Picture me, walking Dearest Son down our long, long driveway. It’s a dark winter morning, and some of our best talks happen during this...

...Santa Claus woke me up. I’m serious. I was seven or eight years old, and we were in our new house, the one where I’d spend the rest of...

The flowers McIrish brought me today! I don’t know much about how to make a happy marriage. All I know is how to make my marriage happy,...

Until I became an author, I rarely had a professional manicure. I had my nails done for my wedding, I think. Otherwise, nah. I’m a...

I had one of those making-out-with-my-pillow moments the other day. I live for these. No, I do! First of all, my pillow is very special...