This is not what it’s like. People often ask me if I write every day. The answer is no. But I work every day. Every single day. When...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dictionary.com defines buyer’s remorse as a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary...

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...

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...

In an attempt to broaden my horizons and have more hobbies that don’t involve eating popcorn, I recently decided to return to horseback...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...