From our very first meeting, Mrs. Meyers knew me for the sucker that I am. And she played me hard. It was years ago now. I was at the grocery store, in the cleaning products aisle. I don’t go down there much–just really to buy sponges and Bon Ami, but the new labels caught my eye….
beauty and use (a mighty nest giveaway)
I’m an aspirational organizer. I think that once, long ago, I really was a real organizer. But since the stuff of adulthood has filled my life, it’s all dreams now. In my dreams, my file cabinet is not the drawer filled with the last 5 years of paid bills–it’s color coded and clear, and it…
into the kitchen
Over the years, I’ve gotten a lot of requests to do a kitchen and pantry tour. I understand the appeal–I love peeking into people’s kitchens too. It can feel like you’re seeing the inside layer of who they are, and in this case, I can assure you that’s true. This kitchen’s been through a lot….
problems with easy solutions: cloth napkins
When I was growing up, napkins were made of paper. Sometimes they were just paper towels folded in half, or even a tissue box in the middle of the table. In my mind, cloth napkins were for beautiful French countryside kitchens, for people with tons of money and marble countertops and mortar and pestles. Then…
problems with easy solutions
I’m working on a piece right now for this event–an essay that started out as being about something else entirely, but now seems to be about guns and the media. On top of that, we’re (that’s me in my other capacity) working on the issue of guns in our own community, and the conversation is…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 