
A Year In Reading - 2018
2018 was a wonderful reading year. I read almost exclusively fiction, which is par for the course around here. While I sometimes make...

Bat Season
I was in bed this time last year, when the bats invaded our home. Little E was two weeks old and, during a middle of the night diaper...

I Was Always a Writer
My heart is so full today. After dreaming about it since I was a little girl, I am a published author and my first novel, Just Under the...

A Year In Reading – 2017
It was a quiet reading year for me, this year. World events were garbage fire and pregnancy has always done a number on my ability to...

The First Tree Fell
The first tree fell when I was six years old. We went out in the eye of Hurricane Gloria, everything quiet, sprawled, and exhausted, a...

A Way Back to Words
Oh. This. Blog. This space has felt so very far away from me in the past year. Last fall and it’s brutal election sent me into a fog. I...

A Year in Reading – 2016
Well, I think we can all agree, it’s been quite a year. I haven’t felt up to the task of writing about it. The year in news was brutal...

Storytelling, Advocacy, and Accountability
This year, I’ve been working with an accountability group that’s been such an amazing and beautiful force in my life. We’re all women, we...

As Good As It Gets
“This is as good as it gets,” a new friend said, running through the sprinkler with his kid over his shoulder. The boy was shrieking,...

Book Deal News
If anyone knows a little about my writing journey over the years, it’s the readers of this blog. So, I’m beyond thrilled to share the...