a girl named Sue

Our Gilmore Girls, season 1 report card is ready for sharing! Scarlet and I finished up the first season with episode 14 of Friday Night ...

I have my friend Sara to thank for introducing me to Beryl Markham. I was skeptical when she first pressed her memoir, West with the Night...

The idea for the novel I finished drafting on my sabbatical first came to me in 2011. Tucked into a booth at Demolition Coffee in Petersb...

Today is my first day back in the office after six weeks off, so I thought I'd kick this season off with a new series. You've prob...

I'm feeling bittersweet this morning. It's the last day of my sabbatical. I'm trying desperately to maintain the zen-like feel...

Slide from Austin Kleon's SXSW 2014 Interactive keynote address. Every now and then I find myself blown away at how much technology ...

A new episode of That's What She Read is available for your listening pleasure! I plan to write about my sabbatical reads later this ...

All of the great Twitter buzz about Amtrak needing to institute a writing residency ( which they later did ) had me laughing to myself. ...

I'm prone to love almost any idea based in the sharing of books or what we're reading. If I have to engage in small talk, "...

It's mind boggling to think that the first month of my sabbatical is over. There is a tiny part of me that is filled with anxi...

For the better part of a decade, the only "real" meal I can remember cooking is spaghetti or similar pasta dishes. The kitchen...

Often the books that affect me most deeply are the ones in which I struggle to frame why the book was so impactful and why it should be de...

Let's file this under things that may seem obvious but aren't. Not everyone knows where to find, and how to access, podcasts. Maybe ...

Tomato soup is simmering in the crock pot, and I've been watching The Flying Nun for the past hour, not a bad way to wrap up the first w...

While some little girls dreamed of babies and families, I gazed out the window at the weathered concrete deer in our front yard and spun s...

There aren't many things better in life than friends you've known for years, who you've built history with. You speak in the c...

I had a spectacular bookgasm about fifteen minutes ago when I realized that (1) the new Tournament of Books short-list has been announced...

There are a few different barometers that I judge cities, towns, and villages by when traveling. However, without fail, I always keep my e...

Resolution. Goal. Intention. One little word. Meditation.  It's that time of year--the moment people all across the world are reboo...

Twelve months ago I threw down the gauntlet , declaring that 2013 would be the year I would spend less time consuming and more of it creat...