I have been grappling with with what I could do about the situation at the border, beyond calling and donating and crying. I’ve been trying to turn my sadness and frustration into action. That’s [...]

About my first time. Yep, I made a video.

Hi, loves! I’m experimenting with a new video-producing app called Splice. What better material than my super-fun zip lining pictures and video? I still have to figure out music for the [...]

I came home the other night to a wonderful gift in my mailbox… Running Press’ Spring 2014 catalog with The Secret Side of Empty in the “front list.”  Awesome!   Plus, [...]

Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch, Neil Patrick Harris, Zachary Quinto and Andy Cohen star in a faux PSA.  In a hilarious lampooning of the modern Republican party’s attempts at voter suppression [...]

Here is some ridiculous video of me running into a wall, all in the spirit of avoiding my dreaded final edit. Okay, okay, and also enjoying my son’s birthday party.  Check me out sporting a [...]

Answering reader questions.  

The irises are just about ready to bloom:  

The purple and yellow bearded iris garden, including Aggressively Forward, right before blooming.  

I’ve been meaning to start a video component to this blog for a while now.  Finally, here it is.  Most of my videos will have to do with topics in my book, but today I felt like introducing [...]