Glitz and glamour. Politics and power. Winners and losers. Millions of people tune in to watch the spectacle that appears on our television screens once a year: The Academy Awards. As with almost everything else… Read More »Two Things, Two Places, All at Once
Here it is again, a new year. A fresh start, and yet, a hint of gloom still permeates the air. We’ve all had to navigate through and adjust to new realities. How are you managing?… Read More »The Letter I’ll Never Forget
For novelists, creating a memorable character that jumps off the page and into a reader’s imagination is darn hard to do. Which is why I frequently envy the person working at his desk in the… Read More »Creating Colorful Characters
Back when we worked nearly 24/7 to make a living, my husband and I managed to make a few getaways on his motorcycle, a sparkling red Honda Goldwing. For a two-wheeler, it was a stout… Read More »Motorcycle Diaries
I read somewhere that clutter is a physical manifestation of unmade decisions, and what creates our clutter is procrastination. I know. There’s proof of it right inside my front door. Welcome to my living room.… Read More »Welcome to my Living Room
Once upon a time, I had a comfortably introverted life. That all changed in 2014, when my first book came out, and my publisher urged me to join the rest of the world on Facebook,… Read More »How Do You Feel about Emojis?
Yesterday, I cleared out my mother’s last storage space, and now a dozen boxes and the same number of overflowing paper sacks are stacked three deep in my living room, which now resembles the local… Read More »Look! Life! Time… and The Saturday Evening Post
I am writing this from my hotel room in New Orleans, under the spell of memories from the past. In this city, where I spent three of my four college years, my visit has filled… Read More »Back to The Big Easy
Does your car have a name? One that captures its true personality? I’ve named some of mine. After all, boats get names. Why not cars? By my mid-twenties, I’d already owned two really fun cars:… Read More »Name That Car!
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal has me thinking about the emotional connection humans often feel for trees. In “Why a Tree is the Friend We Need Right Now,” columnist Elizabeth Bernstein describes… Read More »Talking to Trees
