My daughter lives in Portland, Oregon so I’ve traveled there quite often, most recently a few weeks ago. Every time I’m there I marvel at
If you’ve spent any time at all in BeckyLand, you’ll know I have three grown kids. The oldest, my beautiful and exceptionally talented writerdaughter (yes,
On NPR I heard a guy say, “Turn into the wind of your weakness.” I don’t know the topic or the context of the conversation,
Lest you think I am obsessed with how I look, let me just explain that I recently bought a new Kodak camera and now I
I read Amy Chua’s book BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER and loved it as much as a Chinese mother loves torturing her children. I
Occasionally, I’ll say something stupid out loud. (And, yes, I’m defining ‘occasionally’ quite liberally.) Here are three recent examples: 1. “Which one is the old
The crime and the crime reporting in this town cracks me up! These are taken from one week’s worth of criminal behavior reported in our
I haven’t participated in NaNoWriMo lately, but I wrote this in 2006 after the first time I played. Maybe it will help current participants. Or
Twenty-three years ago ”” you know, when I was 12 ”” I began the remarkable journey that is Motherhood. How is it possible that little
I wrote recently about finding a note from my mother tucked into this novel by Kathleen Hughes. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Frequently