March 14, 2012
My dictionary defines hell as “any place or state of torment or misery.” Well, then, I’ve been to hell on earth and it’s other...
March 12, 2012
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT: Good parenting requires a healthy respect for forgetfulness and a working knowledge of when to use it. Women who give...
March 11, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might...
March 8, 2012
THE RADIO IS my favorite medium, and so it is truly a thrill to tell you that I’ll be on the wonderful PRI show...
March 8, 2012
THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION in my class is “How do I know when it’s done?” In fact, a piece of writing never really...
March 7, 2012
I’M IN THE CURRICULUM. It would be impossible to convey the sheer delight I experienced when seeing that I am required reading material in...
March 3, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might...
March 1, 2012
DROP THE GLUE GUN. Back away from the scrapbook. That’s right. Slowly. If you were scrapbooking, you were defaulting to the simplest, most anemic...
February 28, 2012
MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP. Last year on this occasion, my husband just gave me thermal pajamas. You know, those waffle-print, one-size-covers-all-of-you sets, with...
February 25, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might...
February 23, 2012
MEMOIR REQUIRES TRANSCENDENCE. Something has to happen. Or shift. Or merely move. Someone has to change a little. Or grow. It’s the bare hack...
February 21, 2012
MEMOIR IS EVERYWHERE, making it ever more difficult to wade through to the good stuff. So, for you and you alone, I strapped on...
