So, Brian and I have been married 25 years today, and we finally feel like we can accept all the congratulations that have come in […]
Summer Trip 2022, Durango, on the books
When I got sick, fever and all in July, days before we were supposed to leave on our first family vacation in a couple of […]
What is success?
After another day spent falling on a rock climb, another three attempts proving unsuccessful. After a restless night and early morning wake up because of […]
Failure
I submitted a short essay to an online magazine the other day. Three days later they sent me a rejection message: “Thank you for sending […]
Driving Lessons (or, Vindication of the Yelling Rights of Parents)
Oren is learning to drive. This is the second and final kid Brian and I will have to have this experience with, and I’m finding […]
Too far! (anklebiter throwback)
This was originally posted on anklebiter.net on June 9, 2019. A mom and her young kids just walked past the house. The kids were on […]
#tbt: Unfinished
I posted this originally on my old anklebiter blog almost exactly two years ago. Here it is again, perhaps a little bit better this time: […]
A Writer’s “Year”
Oren went to school in September, and I decided to take a year (at least) to be a “full-time writer,” whatever that means. My goal […]
What A Mother Is…
Rachel Cusk wrote a book called A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother that was published in 2001. I bought this book to read in […]
Advent 2021
As the Christian church season of Advent draws to a close, I thought it would be a good moment to start this new blog of […]
