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No, ebola is not crossing the Mexican border

I can’t say I was so much surprised to come across this Fox News story as I was dismayed. With a title like “Ebola outbreak fuels concerns over health risks along US-Mexico border,” you’d figure there would be some kind of, well, um, reality to the “concerns,” right? Alas, no. The article turned out to […]

The best video send-up of the Port Authority. Ever.

Many of you may be aware of my beef with my old nemesis, the Port Authority. A few of you may know that I withdrew from its grimy field of battle a few weeks ago when I found a job that did not require me to commute into Manhattan anymore (celebration is ongoing). But I […]

My favorite things this week

Life is awesome this balmy, gorgeous summer. In no particular order, here are my favorite things this week: My new job. This week has been never-ending in the best possible way. The work is interesting and having two extra hours a day has given me time to do lots of awesome things. Like: Fire. Since […]

I would like to know how in the world this happened

The first time it happened, I honestly thought it was a Democratic National Committee or Obama email trying to be funny. You know how Obama’s emails sometimes come from other people, like David Plouffe and Michelle Obama? Well, when I saw the sender as “Ann Coulter,” I was sure it was just a bad DNC […]

My new favorite study

I have officially found my new favorite study. It says this: more intelligent people stay up later than less intelligent people. Finally, some researchers that make me feel good about a habit that makes everyone else look down their nose at me. Thank you! No one knows what makes people like to stay up later, […]

Writers Digest conference starts tomorrow!

I’m so excited to be appearing on a panel this coming Saturday at the Writers Digest conference in New York City! But besides being jazzed about participating, I’m also really excited to be attending. The conference starts tomorrow and there’s still time to buy a spur-of-the-moment ticket and check it out. Click here for information […]

All my faux leather is failing me and other disasters

There it was: faux leather so good it looked just like the real thing: varying shades of rich brown, buttery (if vaguely plastic-y) feel and nice bounce-back. The best part was that the couch was beautiful but a fraction of what the leather one would cost. With rambunctious kids, two undisciplined dogs and cats that […]

I’m ba-ack!

Hello loves. To you who read with regularity, big smooch and thank you. I have been totally neglecting you and for that I am sorry. Here’s my feeble half-excuse/half-story: First, I went heads down on finishing novel number two. There’s only so much writing juice in this brain, and sometimes writing a post means not […]

The great iris relocation project

My gorgeous iris garden gave beautiful flowers this year. However, the rhizomes I bought three years ago multiplied and grew, so I knew it was getting to be time to dig them up and divide them to keep them flowering and blooming. Holy major project, Batman! I was reminded of the fact that I may […]

When bad things happen

The other day, a report of a sexual assault in our town’s recreation center came through on our discussion list. Despite its proximity to New York City, mine is a sleepy town of 8,000 people, where this sort of thing just doesn’t happen. It touched everyone a little too closely. Everyone goes to the rec […]