Archive for September 2011
What Do NYT Best-Selling Authors Have in Common? (Or, How Surreal is This?)
The Salem Lit Festival was this past weekend and yours truly got to go. It was a fabulous event that managed to be both high-powered and intimate. The panels were smart and informative and well run, and down the street there was a brand new candy shop. I listened to Julia Glass and Brunonia Barry…
Read MoreWhat We're Missing
Every summer, my family rents a beach house in Connecticut. The cottages have changed over the years, but they are always within the same three block radius. The past two years we’ve rented the same place, and in my eyes, it’s a keeper. It has old, faded furniture neither the kids nor the dog can…
Read MoreFierce
I used to be fierce. Not as fierce as Linda Hamilton in T2, although I coveted her biceps. Just fierce enough. It took me a long time to get there, and didn’t really happen until I was in my twenties. I’d been shy as a kid and a teen, but a combination of factors pushed…
Read MoreA Plan
So it appears that I need some structure. Without the kids here, demanding to be fed on a regular basis, I’m just wandering around the house, getting distracted by dirty socks and trying to keep them out of Harley’s mouth. Order is called for. My new schedule — just so you know — is to…
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