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on being polite
Spurred by my experience at the soccer game the other day, I got to thinking about what it means to be polite. When the now infamous swinger soccer dad took our conversation down a particular path, I...
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on the new Mrs. George Clooney
He was not the marrying type. But that was fine because there was little appeal in being married to a guy like George Clooney. The fantasy was in not being married to him. Wouldn’t that make the...
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the day my computer screen went black
It had happened before. My MacBook Air screen goes black and it takes many rounds of on and off button pushing to get it to wake up. But it had never happened in conjunction with spilled water. I...
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the family renaissance man
All I wanted my first 12 years of life was a baby sister. Granted I had my brother Nathan, a virtual mini me who didn’t eat unless I was hungry and who hung on my every word and command. But he grew...
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blowing in the wind
A few of you have asked for the story behind my Dr. Zhivago inspired profile photos. Well, it was a cold and blustery day on the Jersey Shore. I had arrived the afternoon before, hair looking good and...
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my cup runneth over
Yesterday, at the prompting of the youngest of my hosts, we went around the table and each shared three things we are thankful for. I gave thanks for friends who feel like family; kids who are funny,...
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on rape
I never thought I’d use the word ‘rape’ in a blog title, but all other attempts to name this post rang false. Like others, I was horrified when I read the Rolling Stone article on sexual abuse...
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the midlife crisis
Shifting gears, I have a story. Maybe more of a mission. But first the story. The other day, I was catching up with a friend. He asked what I’d been up to lately, and I started to tick off my list of...
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whoops, I wrote a second novel
So this funny thing happened as I was pitching my first novel to literary agents… One day over the summer, exhausted yet unfulfilled after sending out a round of queries, all of which take time to...
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a year in good reads
You can’t be a good writer without being a voracious reader, and I take the book stack on my bedside table seriously. I find there’s practically no better way to overcome writer’s block than to pick up...
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on 45
There’s nothing like Facebook to remind you it’s your birthday. Who am I kidding? I never forget this day, nor do I let anyone else forget either. I blame my eagerness on being born in December and a...
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star light, star bright
My default entertainment in the car is to listen to NPR, a habit I only dial away from if I’m tired and need a livelier beat, have heard the segment already, or during Christmas season when I can’t get...
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old goals made new
The kids and I barely made it to midnight last night, leaving the warm house of dear friends before the ball dropped so we could get into our own pajamas and watch from the comfort of home. “Okay,...
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shop locally, make friends
I do my best to shop locally. Bookstores. Farmers Markets. Boutiques. Sure, I order some items online. Amazon does frequently save me time and money. But I like browsing. And I like people. (Mostly)....
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just go shopping
If you live in the DC metro area and you like unique, cozy sweaters, fun boots and amazing clothes in general, you should find your way to the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria for Kiskadee’s...
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the 30-day minimalism challenge
“Less is more” is all the rage as evidenced by recent obsessions with normcore fashion and getting back to basics. I applaud efforts to shop locally, get kids outdoors and conserve time, energy and...
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romancing the snow
St. Patrick’s Day Storm of 2014 I’ve had a thing for snow since I was a little kid. I was excited as an eleven-year old to move from California to Maine where I’d get to experience white Christmases,...
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the fine print
I have to admit I’m one of those people who never looks at her phone bill. I’ve long had my wireless packaged together with my wifi, landline and cable (the triple play in Verizon parlance) and that...
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a tale from the H&R Block cubicle
Preparing my taxes has been much less warm and fuzzy since my former accountant-slash-dear friend gave up her CPA certification in order to focus full time on her writing career. For tax year 2013,...
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a match made in cyberspace
A few years ago, I tried the online dating thing for a very brief period of time. And by brief, I mean a few hours after signing up for Match, I called customer service, crying hysterically, and asked...
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