Seven things I learned from 100 books

Seven things I learned from 100 books

It’s amazing what you can learn about your reading life when you pay attention.  A while back, I started tracking my reading using Anne Bogel’s My Reading Life: A Book Journal. I just finished the 100th entry, and the predominant feeling I have is pride. Books...
Left Behind

Left Behind

Happy birthday honey Right now, lying in the corner at the foot of our bed is my husband Nick’s navy blue mesh shorts. These are his pajamas. I don’t have to go into the room to check to see if they are there; I know that they are  His dry cleaning is in a...
Cringe-worthy thoughts at 4 am

Cringe-worthy thoughts at 4 am

Cringe-worthy thoughts at 4 am Remember that one time you were awkward, and you tried to laugh it off, but it made it worse, so you just kind of slinked away wishing you had an invisibility cloak or whatever Jim Carry had in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to go...
I WON! | NaNoWriMo 2021

I WON! | NaNoWriMo 2021

Last month I wrote about how I was attempting National Novel Writing Month again and guess what? I WON! I wrote more than 50,000 words in 30 days. Each day I dropped the kids off at school, went for a run, took a shower, and sat down at my desk to write. On the...
It’s Too Early For This

It’s Too Early For This

The other day on the way to school my oldest son turns to me and says, “What is real?” “Kind of deep for 7:58 in the morning isn’t it?” “But what is it?” he says, not letting it go. “I guess real is what is happening...
Grief Witness

Grief Witness

Last weekend we took the kids to a UCSB Women’s basketball game. Before the game started the announcer came on asking for a moment of silence for a few “long-time friends of UCSB.” Down a few rows and to the right I saw an elderly woman stand up. I...
Too Much Good Stuff

Too Much Good Stuff

I promise this is not an advertisement for a convenience store. Rather, it’s a rumination on the abundance of creativity in this world and the sadness I have over not being able to consume it all. I spent the last year or so re-committing to a creative life....
Book Recommendations for My Dead Son

Book Recommendations for My Dead Son

The other day a friend suggested I try writing about something else besides Aiden. She thought it might be good for me. I said, “I try, but the pen always returns to him.” I didn’t take it personally. I know her heart was in the right place. Maybe she...
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