How to save the independent bookstore: Part 1
Since publishing my first book last year, I have had the pleasure of getting to know many independent booksellers, and my appreciation and respect for the independent bookstore has only…
You just can’t throw away a man’s crock pot. Can you?
WIFE: Does anyone local want a perfectly good but sort of old-school crock pot? It works totally fine but was given to my husband by someone I really don't like,…
Apologies for being so nice
I recently posted about my wife’s many amazing qualities on the blog that I write to our daughter. I did not do so because I was currying favor. I simply…
Siblings or Dating?
I received a decanter at a recent Yankee swap. Apparently, it is used to keep water at the one’s bedside. Everyone at the party over fifty years of age identified…
Getting through the day
A former student directed me to this amusing cartoon, which could be seen as encouragement or discouragement, depending upon your point of view. Right?
Waiting on Hollywood
It’s that time of night that film and television news occasionally trickle in. Both Something Missing and Unexpectedly, Milo have been optioned to film and television producers, and since they…
Getting the word out
It’s been a good week in terms of getting my name out. An article written about me by Janet Cyr, a college student, has run in three different Connecticut papers,…
Dagger in the heart
On the day that I sent the manuscript for Unexpectedly, Milo off to my editor for the last time, proofread and edited, praying that it’s ready, Audible sent me this…
Death of the American newspaper
Is there a person alive who doesn’t lament the possible death of the American newspaper? If so, then why is the American newspaper dying? If we are all so concerned…
What gives, ladies?
Nicholas Kristof recently wrote an Op-Ed in the NY Times about women and religion, illustrating the oppressive nature that religion continues to exert upon women, excluding them from hierarchies and…
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