My train tickets arrived today–from Croton-on-Hudson to New York City to Boston to Portland, Maine. I can barely contain my giddiness as I hold the tickets in hand. I want to tell you–Amber, Rachel, Warren, Sally, Sherry and Emily–I’m coming! I can hardly wait to see you all, but I expect I’m going to enjoy [...]

On Pascha Anna snuck some Circus Peanuts into our basket. I mentioned that I was concerned that Circus Peanuts might be just unblessable. Derek Bowers took me to task when he devised this blessing for them. This blessing won’t make it into The Great Book of Needs (for goodness sake–who could need a Circus Peanut?) [...]

My husband is a pack rat and I am a purger. While in some areas of our marriage we’ve found a happy middle ground, this domestic tension has only intensified over the years, especially when it comes to the thousands of books we collaboratively (John 91%, me 9%) own. One time I even shattered a [...]

I’ve got a new piece up on Boundless about grieving a miscarriage. To read it, go to www.boundless.org.

It’s been a week since Eric Iliff’s funeral. I am part of that cloud of witnesses who continue to struggle and reflect over his death and its implications. Here’s the story of how I ended up at the funeral–a stranger among the mourners: A week ago, I headed out to Burbank to make an “addendum” [...]