My son’s first steps (and a gentle shove)
My son took his first steps yesterday. We managed to capture a few of them on video. A day later, I still get goose bumps just thinking about it. In…
Verbal sparring 101: Acts of extreme self-flagellation are very useful
At the end of the previous school year, a colleague was upset with me for my failure to strictly comply to a policy related to her department. When she called…
How many male authors, after speaking brilliantly about writing and literature, have been asked publicly about their clothes?” I have an answer, but I suspect that some of you will want to chop my head off for it.
Author M. Molly Backes recently asked the following question on Twitter: @mollybackes: How many male authors, after speaking brilliantly for an hour about writing and literature, have been asked publicly…
At least we don’t throw knives at our children
Next time someone older than me complains that my generation (and subsequent generations) lack manners or spend too much time on our phones or don’t save enough money, I’ll say,…
My TED Talk (if you listen closely)
On Saturday, I gave a TED Talk on Creativity and Compassion at Western Connecticut State University. It was an interesting conference that was sponsored by the school’s Center for Compassion,…
I did not like Doris Lessing’s response to winning the Nobel Prize
I was saddened to hear about the death of Doris Lessing. I read a lot of her work while in college and some of her short stories since then. I…
The greatness of Guess the Animal and the stupidity of Freeze Tag.
After running around the house ten thousand times playing tag with my daughter and exhausting myself, it’s always good to know that I can stop all the chasing with a…
It’s okay to make fun of fat people, but only if they are really, really fat.
Sarah Palin stated that although she is against bullying, it's understandable people comment on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's weight because it's "been extreme." Apparently there a designated threshold on…
Her first blank page
It’s not often that you get the chance to see a writer’s first blank page. But this is it. The first time my daughter sat down to write a story.…
6 things you should never talk about, plus 2 of my own
This American Life’s producer Sarah Koenig's mother lives by a set of rules about conversation, including an actual list of off-limits topics. I want to go on record as supporting…
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