Li’l Flannery
I bought a human head. Okay, okay, I bought a fake human head. But still. My bébés on the first day of school, 2007 I’m going to be doing...
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KRISTAN HIGGINS
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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Kristan Higgins
- Oct 25, 2020
My first lousy best friend
This is the story of a friend who tried to tell me for years that she just didn’t like me very much, and how I ignored her very strong...
Kristan Higgins
- Oct 18, 2020
To All the Songs I’ve Loved Before
Some songs have had all the life squeezed out of them. Let’s face it. Songs that are so familiar they’re just white noise. It doesn’t...
Kristan Higgins
- Oct 4, 2020
Getting Married & Being Married
The happy couple and Mushroom, their cat My little girl is engaged. Oh, we knew it was coming, and we couldn’t be more thrilled, because...
Kristan Higgins
- Sep 20, 2020
Non-buyer’s remorse
Dictionary.com defines buyer’s remorse as a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary...
Kristan Higgins
- Aug 23, 2020
A Day in the Life of an Author
I’ve been writing a lot this week. Oh, sure, be happy about that, you wretches! Do you want to hear what it’s really like? You do? Ass...
Kristan Higgins
- Aug 2, 2020
New school shoes
Ever since I was a kid, there's been a melancholy associated with the month of August. Here in New England, around this time, the...
Kristan Higgins
- Jun 28, 2020
How’d you break your wrist, Higgins?
In an attempt to broaden my horizons and have more hobbies that don’t involve eating popcorn, I recently decided to return to horseback...
Kristan Higgins
- Jun 21, 2020
The Golden Hour
The other night, as my daughter and I watched the sky deepening toward sunset, I said to her, “Look at the light! I call this the golden...
Kristan Higgins
- Jun 7, 2020
In times of trouble
It is very odd to be promoting a book this summer. Everything is so different: COVID-19 has taken 110,000 lives in the U.S. alone and...
Kristan Higgins
- May 26, 2020
Life and Yearning in the Big City
Sadie Frost, one of the characters in ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW, is partly me. All my characters are in the sense that they came from my...
Kristan Higgins
- May 11, 2020
Real Life Confessions From Lockdown
You know, we’re all doing our best, I like to think, except for those who are doing actual harm and being idiots during this pandemic....
Kristan Higgins
- May 3, 2020
Aqua Notes
A few years ago, a friend sent me a gift: Aqua Notes—a waterproof notepad you can stick in your shower via suction cups, and a special...
Kristan Higgins
- Apr 12, 2020
Willow
The first time we saw her, she trotted over to us, the heart-shaped mark on her chest—the reason we chose her—pure white against her...
Kristan Higgins
- Mar 29, 2020
A little less irritation, a little more gratitude
It’s lonely to be social-distancing, to be unable to live like we’re all used to. We’ve put our house renovations on hold for the time...
Kristan Higgins
- Mar 15, 2020
Things to do while self-isolating
Which is scarier: the zombie, or Brad Pitt’s Little Dutch Boy haircut? For us writers, self-isolation is a way of life. I’m also the wife...
Kristan Higgins
- Mar 1, 2020
Home yoga
I’ve been doing home yoga these past few days, using a YouTube tutorial on our TV. It hasn’t been pretty. I can hear my cartilage...
Kristan Higgins
- Feb 16, 2020
Dear Brides~
Sweethearts! We are so happy for you, because you are taking this big, important step, and really, we adore him/her and think it’s all...
Kristan Higgins
- Feb 1, 2020
So bad it’s great
What might have been I really, really wanted to see Cats as a family this past Christmas break. Not for the singing or the makeup, but...
Kristan Higgins
- Jan 19, 2020
This mortal coil
I’ve been reading a lot of books about death lately. I don’t know why. I’ve always been a bit maudlin, which I think is part of my...
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