DOESN'T THIS CLOUD LOOK LIKE A BRONTOSAURUS?! In two days, December starts. Time has never moved this fast, for me; work is demanding and the baby changes every day. I could've used a full week off for Thanksgiving. Maybe two. I have been soaking up fall colors, and flavors! Final month of CSA share included… Continue reading Grateful for a Scenic Byway
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The Wedding Season
I'm struggling to remember where I last left off ... I think the day before a 40th birthday celebration with paint-and-sip, a bookstore, a vintage candy shop, and a German beer hall where I had three entire sips of beer + some potato pancakes. Philadelphia doth provide! And hey, the Philly Inquirer says we are… Continue reading The Wedding Season
No-Slump September
Only one week of summer left! I am craving autumn coziness and have been welcoming fall for a few weeks already. Back in the Flow StateI paid a trusted literary press for feedback so I could begin a first-chapter novel rewrite. Which loosens a number of strings across the whole project and leads to a… Continue reading No-Slump September
Home
I enjoyed getting back into Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series last summer, so I had every intention of reading Home, the last one I hadn't read, in fall 2024. But it's been sitting around, waiting for me to return. Perhaps this is the perfect moment. We've had a break from all the heat waves; the first… Continue reading Home
Last Chance Before Life Change
I am 18 days away from my due date, and according to doctors my baby is head-down, getting ready for birth. We're healthy! I'd like to tell every smug weirdo who has ever been unpleasant about my 20-year vegetarianism that my blood pressure has consistently been 120-over-80 for this pregnancy, but actually, I don't care… Continue reading Last Chance Before Life Change