Fiction, Essay, Photography … Sometimes Vampires
I am on a short writing hiatus after writing two novels in four years. What do I even DO right now? Set Up a Toddler Bedroom My spouse is familiar with the joke that a writer's home is never so tidy—dishes clean, laundry folded, cabinets sparkling—as when a writer has a deadline that they are… Continue reading Ordinary Time
7 a.m. July 25, 2026 Unintended, but: When I last posted, it was the beginning of the last month of my thirties. I've been "joking" (not haha-funny) that since my food restrictions started, I already feel forty. But, also, in the last year I've gotten used to eating low-fat, and experimented and expanded what I… Continue reading Last Month of a Decade
Calling all e-book readers! I was tempted to put this update at the end, but here it is first thing: my essay about a bad vacation and learning to read tarot came out as a chapbook a few years ago, but was re-released this month with a new cover and e-reader option. And less than… Continue reading I do not count blooms, or steps
It's spring break, as in: spring took a break and went back underground. It's barely above freezing and I cannot remember the last time I saw blue sky. This week, the March wind was so strong it knocked over my Front Yard T-Rex, about which children and their parents shout out to me, saying how… Continue reading I AM ALIVE EVEN THROUGH DARK WINTER!
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