A Recipe for Tackling Anxiety
Oh Spring, you crazy bitch. We're barely a week into your tumultuous frenzy and already I feel like I'm losing my mind. Of course it doesn't help that my book is in the hands of beta readers (mostly strangers!), and the reality of purging, packing and moving a household of [...]
Reflections on Risk-Taking and Creativity
March madness is upon us in the form of the best snowstorm I've seen in ages. Last night we sent the kids to their nearby grandparents house, and they kept our mini-van complete with snow tires. We've got the Honda Civic with nearly bald tires, and so we are marooned. [...]
The Value of My Work
I took a big leap this week, and it feels weird. For months now, I've been meeting regularly with my writing group, an amazing bunch of women writers who are all exceptionally talented. Though they aren't all published, they all have the chops to be, and we support each other [...]
Grown Up Play Dates
"When's Nate coming over?" I heard this about fifty times in the span of an hour this morning, my four-year-old Noodle too excited about the pending arrival of his bestie to even manage a proper breakfast. His weekend uniform is always the same; it's pajamas or bust. I've stopped trying [...]
Inauguration Day
in·au·gu·ra·tion iˌnôɡ(y)əˈrāSH(ə)n/ noun the beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period. "the inauguration of an independent prosecution service" 2. the formal admission of someone to office. "Truman's second presidential inauguration" 3. a ceremony to mark the beginning of something. "the inauguration of the Modern Art Museum" Today is [...]
A To-Do List For A Difficult Day
Anyone who knows me knows about my love/hate relationship with November. This year, I seem to have gone darker and deeper into the grey than ever before. I need vitamin B, or iron. I need a week off. There's never enough sleep, never enough time. The leaves are hanging on [...]