
No Christmas Mailing this year
family . friends . nostaglia . shoppingA few weeks back, I got a Return to Sender card in the mail. I opened it and found it was a Christmas card I’d sent to a family in North Carolina.
FROM 2016!!
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Photos from our weekend in Rancho Loma. Read More

new writing: first pub from One Square Mile
family . fiction . long island . nostagliaI am working on a collection of short stories. After hearing Sandra Cisneros speak at Hockaday last winter, I was inspired. She said, “Don’t write what you remember, write what you wish you could forget.” What an interesting way of looking at writing. Most writers abide by the wisdom of “write what you know.” And Read More

8 GOT Characters Who Will Die Tonight
entertainment . TV SquadWith all that violence, there’s bound to be some deaths. Here’s eight (YES, 8) characters who will likely die tonight. Don’t fret, they already died hundreds of years ago. Read More

Some musings on writing and teaching in 2018 & some goals for 2019
education . freelance writing . motherhood . workReflecting on my writing and teaching in 2018 and looking forward at 2019 goals. Read More

2018 has been a wonderful year. Read about it in our Christmas letter. We hope the holidays find you happy and healthy. Read More

The following also appears on this site as its own page under the tab “Screenwriting.” In fall of 2017, I wrote the pilot for Soccer Domme. I entered the teleplay in the Austin Film Festival and it received some glowing comments: “I love the family dynamics, the church, the stress of the health issues mixed with Read More

The School of Life: My first trip to a crystal store
C.K. . family . health . pets . texasI know this will be special. I tell this to my Instagram followers and my daughter Darcy as we sit in the car and stare at the awning of the store. The Golden Orb. I make a video in which I sing “The Golden Orb. Love and Light” and quickly post it to my IG Read More

I started this blog post with the last writing prompt and never finished it. I blame the writing prompts. Ha. Anyway, we are on our last writing prompt now and I thought I’d throw it up on the blog… So, my second-grader has been assigned the first of many, many writing assignments he will complete Read More

Walt the Crossing Guard isn’t there…and I’m beside myself
motherhood . texas . UncategorizedWe’ve arrived at a sad hiatus in our tales from the school drop-off/pick-up carpool lanes. I’ve written about him before—our beloved crossing guard at Jackson’s elementary school, the Godfather of School Intersections. Actually, my first post about Walt was largely satirical. He had reprimanded me, wielding his whistle like a whip. But I wrote it Read More
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