Facebook Addiction

Dec 11, 2015 | Home

Rule number three of the December writing challenge was no interaction on any social media –– Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, etc until the blog was done.  The first few days felt like being on a diet. All I wanted to do was check my news feed and scroll through...

Writing the Truth

Dec 4, 2015 | Home, The Writing Life

Today is the fifteen month anniversary of my son’s death. It doesn’t quite feel as devastating as it used to, but I still mark the date in my mind as I did during the first two years of his life. Everything is still fresh enough to consciously distinguish the specific...

Not The Same Ole Christmas Letter

Dec 19, 2011 | Home

Every year around this time I start to feel a little edgy. The continuous Christmas music and the retail push to get the perfect gift begin to grate on my nerves. And there is a low laying fear that I won’t get all the gifts bought, the cookies baked, the family...

10 Gift Ideas for Writers

Dec 15, 2011 | Home, The Writing Life

My favorite part of December magazines is the gift guides. I grabbed a copy of Real Simple and Oprah Magazine hoping to find the perfect gift for the people on my list. I didn’t see anything in either or them that I wanted to have or to give. The stuff was too showy...

The Quiet Desperation of Suburban Living

Dec 9, 2011 | Books, Home

I was tempted to jump on the holiday bandwagon and make this blog about Christmas, but I just finished Freedom by Jonathan Franzen and had to write about it. I probably would not have read the novel if a friend from my writing group hadn’t recommended. She thought it...

The Power of Sharing

Oct 20, 2011 | Home

Finding the right balance between humor and appropriateness is a challenge in morning radio, especially when driving my fifteen-year-old daughter to school. I really enjoy listening to Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, but sometimes their conversation gets too...