Policing the national anthem makes you a self-righteous jerk
This isn't a post about the athletes who are kneeling or sitting during the singing of the national anthem. When it comes to that particular form of protest, I would…
Styling advice from a fifth grader
I received advice on my hair from a student this week in the form of a post-script. Sadly, he was stone-cold sincere.
Shouldn’t yellow raincoats the only appropriately colored raincoats?
School buses are most often painted yellow because the color attracts attention and is noticed quickly by peripheral vision. In fact, the human eye detects yellow faster than any other…
Water Street Bookstore appearance
This summer I spoke at the Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH about my latest novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. A local television news crew recorded the event…
A trip to the plumbing store, because that’s where all kids want to go. Right?
My son's ongoing obsession with water treatment facilities, electrical grids, and underlying infrastructure of our world (and more recently, the human body) perhaps reached its apex this week when he asked…
Every time I tie my shoes…
Here's a little secret about me that I've never shared with anyone before:Every time I tie my shoes, I think of Mrs. Carroll, the teaching assistant who sat at a…
The Most Poorly Named Character in All of Literature
Willy Wonka. Charlie Bucket.Augustus Gloop.Veruca Salt. Violet Beauregarde.Grandpa Joe.Grandma Georgina.The Oompa Loompas. Amazing, perfect, ingenious character names from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written by master storyteller Roald Dahl, who was born…
Vincent Van Gogh on Doctor Who makes me cry.
You may know that I don't handle mortality well. One of the things that hurts my heart most is the idea that when we die, we cannot see tomorrow. We'll never…
At last I am a Beautiful Person. Verified and confirmed by beautifulpeople.com.
In 2013, I applied twice for acceptance to beautifulpeople.com, a social networking site designed specifically for attractive people. Access to beautifulpeople.com is granted only if the members of the network deem…
“Flesh” was a crayon color.
Yes, Clara and Charlie. your daddy grew up in a time when "flesh" was an actual Crayola color. It's a miracle I survived.
