The school year begins for me today. This will be my 26th year in the classroom—all in the same school and almost all in the same classroom. It's a school…

A beautiful piano just beyond the security checkpoint in Logan Airport. Available for anyone to play. Hopefully someone with at least a little bit of skill. The Detroit airport has…

Kristen Rogers of CNN wrote an article entitled, "Ghosting is usually a terrible thing to do. Here’s when it’s OK" Rogers quotes psychologist Dr. Jennice Vilhauer, who recently wrote a…

I wrote a letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this week. I wrote more than I initially anticipated (novelists tend to do this), but it was born from genuine…

I'm asked — almost on a weekly basis — if I can help someone become more confident. Someone sees me on a stage or reads something I've written or simply…

I was driving behind this truck last week. If you can't read the sign, it says, "Keep back 300 feet." My thought: What a stupid message. I was driving at…

Vice President Kamala Harris could become the first U.S. President to have worked at McDonald’s. She worked under the Golden Arches for a summer while attending school. It shouldn't be…

Books by Margaret Atwood, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur, and Sarah J Maas are among 13 titles that the state of Utah has ordered removed from all public school classrooms and libraries.…

More than two years ago, I wrote about "Livin' on a Prayer," the Bon Jovi song that tells the story of Tommy and Gina, a struggling couple with little hope…