Hello everyone! Well. I finished my novel (although I’m still editing it like crazy). I submitted it to a competition to be picked up by an agent, so I’m not posting any more chapters on the blog for now. If it doesn’t get chosen, I suppose I’ll finish it here and then self-publish it again. But seriously! Why wouldn’t they… Read More
A week ago Friday, my family went to the theatre. My daughter’s class had been chosen to be part of a performance of Noah’s Arc with a professional theatre company, and the families get discount tickets to three performances so the kids can see what it’s like to go to a real performance at night, before they are actually on stage. The… Read More
Today I turn forty-five, and I am beautiful. I put on my black dress pants with that forgiving 6% lycra blend, my black boots, and my green silk scarf. I spritz on perfume from an old (but still heavenly-scented) bottle of Clinique Happy, since the burglars made off with the more recent, expensive bouquets. I am free to go into Paris for lunch with my… Read More
I am just going through the motions. My husband – who left for New York – was worried to leave me because I can barely function. I can function (get up, shower, walk the dog, feed the kids). But I can’t do it with any glimmer of joy or hope on the horizon. And my face looks like a thundercloud… Read More
Ooooh … friendship loss. I could tell you about my friend from college, who got all the boys I liked, binge-ate along with me (except that she threw it up and was skinny), and who “broke up with me” by saying she couldn’t be the kind of friend I needed. This was after she commiserated with me about my brother’s suicide,… Read More
One bad apple spoils the whole bunch, right? Well, what if the whole bunch is already spoiled? This is the tree that never gives good apples. We were warned when we bought the house that it wasn’t a good one. But this tree is so prolific, it’s easy to be fooled! So my husband had the idea to make compote…. Read More
