When Sadie was tiny, we took her to visit our friends in Cambridge for her first big weekend away. We were all less than a year out of college, but our friends (on the brink of marriage and children themselves) were good enough to embrace the seismic shift in our identities along with massive amount…
first of the month: social media and telling stories
(Time for first(ish) of the month. In honor of the first day of school craziness, it’s a bit late like everything else this week. Happy September!) I was picking up my farm share yesterday and I got a peek of a friend who was there with his daughter in the midst of the sunflower forest…
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…
in their own way (or, how to throw a wedding)
On Saturday, I watched my very oldest friend, Sarah, marry a poet. He is, of course, many other things too (including deeply beloved by my children), and the happiness of the match as well as the details of the day made for an especially good wedding. Although I have to admit– I look back at…
small things in a great way
Today was one of those days where I never left the kitchen. Sometimes, there are those days where I never leave but I accomplish so much, but today was not one of those. I cleaned up from pancakes. I made bread dough. I made granola. I did my dishes. I put snacks into bowls…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 