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This morning the George Washington Bridge is in a mood. That means that frantic New York-bound motorists spill onto the main arteries in my town, wandering wild-eyed, as if they think that [...]

I came across a beautiful piece from a man to his now-ex-wife on the day of their divorce. It feels so important and so fresh I wanted to share it with you. Link below. But first some thoughts. I [...]

Perhaps my favorite story of the last week was that of the discovery that 7 to 50% of the water on Earth predates our sun and came from outer space. Click here for the full story. Scientists [...]

This is my favorite part of this writing job… getting to hang out with readers and writers. Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Baltimore County Library’s [...]

While I’m on a roll updating the “soundtrack of my life” section, let me share you a song I’ve been obsessed with (OBSESSED WITH) ever since discovering it on the HBO show [...]

I don’t usually spend much time in the car, which is a shame because that’s the only time I listen to music. It’s one reason I love road trips: music. Should you ever pass me on [...]

Here’s what I learned last night… my new favorite song for powering through a LONG drive after a faraway book appearance is “Pressure” by Billy Joel. Being someone who [...]

Hi guys. Women here. We wanted you to know that we need you and it’s not you that we mean when we talk about how some guys are jerks. Just in case there was any misunderstanding. Being a [...]

Since I discovered this spring that I’ve developed a gluten sensitivity, I’ve taken my usual approach to the issue: death by a thousand Google searches. My insatiable need to know [...]

This is sort of how I’m feeling tonight. I am so tired of enduring silence. There’s actually no reason for me to. Here’s a poem by Christina Davis that perfectly encapsulates [...]

Wonderful afternoon of hanging out in my great little town. One of the reasons I love love love living here is that it’s a place that celebrates the arts. Tonight I was fortunate enough to [...]

This morning as I was driving my children to school, I spotted a pickup trucks with what are commonly called “truck nuts,” a pair of anatomically correct testicles. (Or as [...]

Here’s a piece I wrote for Bookish about Hispanic Heritage Month. Click here.

Among my more inexplicable decisions of late, I decided to bring Christopher Hitchens’ Mortality along on a six-hour plane ride yesterday.  If you haven’t read it, it’s a series of essays he [...]

I have been prolific on this flight.  I’ve written an essay that was due today, I’ve read a book about mortality (note to you: don’t read it on a plane) and written a post about it and finished a [...]

Saturday night I hung out with 100+ of my best friends at the inimitable St. Mark’s Bookshop in the East Village in NYC. I was fortunate enough to get invited to be on a panel during the [...]

I was mean yesterday in one of my posts. I don’t know why I do that, act bristly when what I really feel is vulnerable. A defense, I suppose. It bothers me to be as predictable as a Gilmore [...]

Yesterday I got tagged in the coolest tweet.  Here it is below (PS – Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University is in Minnesota.  That’s pretty awesome too):   Recently [...]

There is a Stephen King quote which begins, “Writers remember everything.” (It’s a beautiful passage. I’ll quote it in full below). It’s certainly true for me. The [...]

Tonight I went to a glittering publishing-industry party at which I met several writing legends and assorted writing field cool kids (post on that to follow). But guess what! That was not the [...]

Tomorrow night I am going to my first big writing industry cocktail party in New York City.  I am so excited!  My agency is celebrating an anniversary and is having a shindig in a very posh spot. [...]

My little New Jersey town is inordinately proud of itself for a teeny thing of less than 9,000 people (teeny for a New York City suburb, anyway).  And rightfully so: dubbed “the Athens of [...]

Just when things will be starting to turn gray and cold in my lovely New Jersey I will be hightailing it out of here for the warm climes of Southern California.  I am doing an insane number of [...]

It’s 1984. The biggest thing I’m afraid of is nuclear winter ever since my 8th grade teacher made me do a report on the terrifying TV movie The Day After. That… and walking into [...]

Let’s face it.  Especially that sunlight thing.

Depending on where you are in the country you may have seen a “website not available” error if you tried to access my site earlier today.  Apologies!  I wasn’t able to get on [...]

There’s something so final about Labor Day, with it’s old memories of going back to school and ending the long, free days of summer. In true old(er) lady fashion, I am noticing that [...]