A Night with Ray LaMontagne
I’ve been a fan of Ray LaMontagne long before his hit, “Trouble” was featured on an insurance commercial. I played all of his albums on repeat while I worked on my ...
Thirty-Three is Alright By Me
I celebrated my 33rd birthday today. I baked at 93 degrees for 6.5 hours. I killed 12 wasps and one very confused bee in a nest under the diving board. ...
Summer of 99: You Can Leave Your Clothes On (Revised)
After graduation, a fellow classmate announced that she was going to marry her high-school sweetheart. When a mutual friend of ours decided to throw a huge bachelorette party for her ...
I Can Breathe Clearly Now the Carbon Monoxide Is Gone…
My dear friends, I have a horrible, shameful, putrid and embarrassing secret. It’s a secret that many of my real-life friends and acquaintances don’t even know. I’m a smoker. Like ...
Running Out of Steam
Writing can be a real pain in the butt cheeks. It really can. I started writing a new book last night. This idea came to me, and before I knew ...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
As the lightening danced on the lawn and the thunder shook the house, I became a tad bit nervous. I usually love a good summer thunderstorm, but I don’t like it ...
Oh Deer
I woke up last week with a tickle. You know the tickle. The one in the back of your throat that predicts buckets of thick, yellow phlegm, labored breathing, a fever and ...
My Single Mother
My husband has been incredibly busy over the last several weeks and hasn’t spent much time at home. Each night as I’ve prepared dinner, washed the dishes, given the baths, checked the homework, ...
Bloggers Lip Sync Battle
Hey friends! I’ll be competing in a Bloggers’ Lip Sync Battle on Mother’s Day. I had a hard time choosing just one “mama-related” song, so here is a compilation video ...
Writers Writing About Writing
When I was eight years old, I read a book that I’d checked out at the library about the beautiful bond between a little girl and a big shaggy dog. When the dog ...