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
So, I was thinking of buying Someone a book and I was looking for ideas. I knew s/he liked certain authors so I remembered this
My sister scolded me. But my mom understood. I got mad at my three children one day when they were youngish and terrible. I needed
Or … Not Driving Miss Daisy For more years than I can remember, I’ve been attending the annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs,