Clik here to view.
Riley’s Gorilla-Saving Lemonade Stand (or “How I Taught My Kid to be Awesome”)
Ed note: I’ve recently decided to start using my children’s and fiance’s ACTUAL names on this blog. This is hardly the confessional, pseudo-anonymous blog of my past. I don’t reveal anything here that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Nonfiction, Book Three: Gorillas in the Mist
Riley’s gorilla project inspired me! I ordered Gorillas in the Mist from the library, knowing not much more about Dian Fossey than what Sigorney Weaver taught me 20 years ago. I was worried that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Fiction: The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book marks an important milestone in my literary life: it is the first book I borrowed from one of my children. I’ve certainly read many of the books that line their shelves, either...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Out with the Old, In with the New
Source And lo, we have arrived. Twenty fourteen. Which, among other things, means that Josh and I have been engaged for two years now. We should probably add “get married” to our list of things-to-do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Few of My Favorite Things
There have been some things in the making that I wanted to share here but couldn’t because they were super secret gifts and I didn’t want to ruin anyone’s surprise. But now Christmas has happened and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Fiction: The Map of Lost Memories
When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be an archaeologist. (Also, a teacher, an astronaut, a fireman, and a Solid Gold dancer. I was multi-aspirational.) My archaeologist interests were piqued...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Fiction: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Housing developments have always creeped me out. I do not like the way they spread their sameness across the land. I find it unnatural, like the forward march of time got snagged and thrown into a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Non-Fiction, Book Four: Man’s Search For Meaning
More than one person has held this book in front of my face and demanded that I read it. And so I did. And now I’m holding it in your face and demanding that you read it. And when you’re done, you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Fiction: Life After Life
Reading Life After Life was the first New Year’s resolution I broke. It didn’t start out that way. The book was a recommended reading assignment from my Year of Writing workshop. I had to read it. (I...
View ArticleReading Fiction: The First Bad Man
My first exposure to Miranda July was her public art project, Learning to Love You More. The project included a number of “assignments” that anyone could complete – things like “Reread your favorite...
View Article
