These are the things that I feel pretty sure about: 1. The more information kids have, the better. I learned about sex and puberty pretty early on, and I think it’s a credit to my mother that I made it through my teens without getting pregnant or sick. I knew how to say no,…
however it lands
Why put my writing out into the world? Why would anyone want to hear what I have to say? I’m been hearing this question more lately, both from you in emails about starting blogs and writing book proposals, and (let’s be honest here) in my own head. So let’s talk it out a bit. When…
the salad days are still yet to come
Dear anyone who has input on the magazine covers at the checkout line of my local supermarket, Stop it already. I’m done looking at your offensive headlines and your photoshopped women who probably don’t even recognize themselves. I’m done with all your weight loss and fad diet bullshit to get ready for bathing suit season….
rhubarb ginger pie
Sometimes when I don’t know what to write, I feel lost. I stand up and sit down with the hope that the brief change of elevation will bring words to the right place in my brain. I write something and delete it. Write and delete it. I blame it on the music and change my…
first of the month: the hopeful balloon of summer
This week started wet and cold and then got hot, hot–so much so that it immediately became hard to go to the bank or the library or even to drive through town as we do on the way home from school without the girls saying that we just must get ice cream, because mommy it is just…
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