Okay, here’s the thing. Women in Milan dress incredibly well. Better than we American chicks can ever pull off, I think, and that takes...

Random thoughts on my new favorite city... There is no such thing as an Italian speaking in a monotone. Everything sounds terribly...

Worry is the song of my people. We’re Hungarian. And Catholic. That means I'm twice blessed in the worry department. So this week, I took...

Sometimes, you have a friend who’s always got your back, even if you don’t hear from them for a while, or see them too often. I have a...

Once upon a time, my parents bought a little house on the Cape. It was an investment; we had our family house already, but Dad figured...

I had a doctor’s appointment this week, which as you know is thrilling for me. I feel so special. I got weighed (no comment) and...

You might know that I was on book tour this week, out in the heartland. My publisher hired a car service to shuttle me to and from the...

It’s been all about family this week, gang. McIrish came back from a very emotional ceremony for fallen firefighters—he went to represent...

IN YOUR DREAMS is about a reluctant hero…Jack Holland, Navy man, all-around great guy, who’s been on the lookout to be in the right place...

Not my cousin Last weekend, my brother came down for a family dinner chez Mom. We were talking about the miraculous physics of...

I recently spent some time in a section in Nordstrom’s that really, really fascinates me. It’s in the lingerie section. It’s a special...

Once upon a time when I was single and living alone, my mom asked me to drive up to her house. “There’s a huge moth flying around. Would...

McIrish and I honored the great American tradition of driving aimlessly around this lovely summer day. We headed out through Connecticut...

I have always viewed my daughter as a slightly magical creature. She didn’t cry when she was born. When the doctor slid her onto my chest...

My kids’ favorite store in the world is our local pharmacy. Like many small-town drugstores, it has not only cough medicine, hair brushes...

When I got back from the Romance Writers of America National Conference, I decided to do a weekly feature on my Facebook page: Author of...

We Yankees tend to view Texas with a bit of confusion. It’s as big as a country, for one. There’s the whole “Texas and Proud” and “Things...

So I broke my ankle. You may know that already. And you may know that I went to the hospital and had a wonderful time. For the second...

Not to brag or anything, but we have a pretty incredible flower garden. This is thanks to two things: we can’t grow grass to save our...

This past week, we were on vacation…the last vacation before our Princess Daughter starts college. It was a wonderful, nearly perfect...