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You may have just received notification of a post… but it wasn’t meant to go out yet! I’m participating in The Beauty of a Woman BlogFest VII, a great event organized by August McLaughlin. My itchy finger published my post immediately when it was supposed to be scheduled for next week. Next time you receive…Read more Oops!

Screen diversions: no reading required

Are you excited to wake up every morning and hear the news? Do you believe all is right with the world, everything is on track, and we are all one big happy family? [Rhetorical questions.] As an antidote, I thought I’d share some entertainment. No politics, musing about the world of book publishing, or existential…Read more Screen diversions: no reading required

3 tips to keep your reviews from failing

Every Sunday when I was a kid in the tiny New York town of Hillsdale, my parents would drive five miles down a dirt road to the local grocery store to pick up the New York Times. My parents were transplants from the greater metropolitan area of New York City; I imagine that great hunk…Read more 3 tips to keep your reviews from failing

Ghosts of Christmases Past

1 I am 12 years old. In our non-practicing Jewish household, Christmas morning means an assortment of gifts on the fireplace hearth (though no tree). I come down through the cold house to see what “Santa” has brought, though I will wait until my parents are awake to open them. This year, there’s a spiral-bound…Read more Ghosts of Christmases Past

99-cent sale for “What Remains Unsaid” through Sunday

Not much to read on this post… just a lot of clicking. Here are three things* you can do to scratch your reading itch this holiday season. * plus a bonus if you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area. Happy reading and happy holidays!  

A non-believer’s polyglot Thanksgiving

Dear “Lord,” Thank you for this hot mess of a world, because it seems to be the only one available. Thank you also for hot yoga. Merci beaucoup for the little things: the hot astringent tea, the morning silence at the kitchen table. For the ability to think and feel and to perceive the wonders…Read more A non-believer’s polyglot Thanksgiving

Q&A: Surviving as an enterpreneur’s spouse

I’ve been writing this blog for more than six years, usually once or twice a month. I haven’t, to my amazement, run out of things to say. However, I think it’s time to open up the forum to other voices. So today I offer the first of what I hope will be regular guest posts…Read more Q&A: Surviving as an enterpreneur’s spouse

Don’t be a Hallo-weenie*

Come now—just because your kids are grown doesn’t mean you have to be a curmudgeon about Halloween. There will be plenty of little ones trooping by. You can ooh and ahh over the pirates and dragons and corrupt them with sugar. *Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Hats off to my dad, who loved puns. Read and…Read more Don’t be a Hallo-weenie*

Make your voice heard in a noisy world

I’ve been thinking about voices a lot lately, maybe because there are so many of them in the world, speaking so loudly and all at once, and only occasionally saying anything worth hearing. The singer who sings with someone else’s lungs Voices for the voiceless Speaking with your knee A voice recently fallen silent Voices…Read more Make your voice heard in a noisy world

Telling the story about the story

A friend approaches an author at a party. “So, what’s your new book about?” The author swirls the wine in her glass, takes a deep breath, and begins. “Well, there’s this woman, see, and she’s being held hostage in her kitchen by her son, and he tries to get her to listen to him but…Read more Telling the story about the story