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Bracing for the end times

When everyone is flooding my local stores the day before a snowstorm to stock up on tuna fish and toilet paper, I mostly laugh. When people are leaving shelves bare before the rare hurricane up here in the northeast, I dont join in. I barely noted the swine flu, and did not bat an eye []

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The last day on Little Horse Trail

I walk with deliberate step Each a prayer Find me Find me Show me where to excavate Where the well springs clear. Where the setting sun hits the grotto Where my voice rings truest In all the echoing silence. Here with the gritty agave There, at sunset point, Where the saguaro […]

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Grandpa Bunny

“Ma, what’s the name of that picture book you used to like when you were little?” I’m used to out-of-the-blue queries from my daughter, a sophomore at a college two hours away. “Ma, remind me why we didn’t drink milk when we were little?” “Ma, what was that thing you told me about in the […]

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A sparkling new year

Hello, lovies! It’s been a bit since I’ve written. I’ve been busy at work on that Project Which Can Not Yet Be Spoken About, plus another fun treat I’m hoping will also find its way to the world soon as well. I am writing more than ever, which fills me with joy and a sense […]

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The Secret Side of Empty on sale for one week only

My fabulous publisher has just put THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY on sale, just in time for holiday gifting (on the ebook edition). Pay just $1.99 and gift to anyone on your list who loves books (best part: your gift recipient will never know you just paid $1.99… and you can delay delivery until Christmas). […]

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Bias and the Preppy Killer

The other day, I watched a documentary series, The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park on AMC. If you are younger than I am, or didn’t grow up in New York (so… like most people), a quick recap: in August of 1986, an eighteen-year-old woman named Jennifer Levin was found murdered in Central Park. It […]

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What’s an adventure you want to have?

Bumble, one of the dating apps I use, recently introduced a new feature, “Bumble BFF.” When I get bored of swiping for men, or when I run out of men (there’s a limited supply, apparently?) I switch to Bumble BFF. Women, it turns out, tend to be more fascinating and far less whiny anyway, so […]

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Being just a bit kinder

In May I went to a writing retreat that was truly life-changing. Just eight of us, led by two award-winning authors at the top of their field, along with an awesome adjunct and visiting editors and an agent. It was amazing. What’s best is that since then we’ve grown the bonds we created during that […]

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So they’ve gone

There’s a great, big spider that’s built a web outside my living room window. At first, I observed her alone. She built an exquisite web to span the entire width of the glass – three feet maybe – and stood watch perfectly in its center. My mom came to see my daughter off to college […]

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As summer winds on

This weekend, I drop off my “baby” at college. It won’t quite be an empty nest… my oldest doesn’t go back for her second year for two weeks. But as I inventory the boxes I’ve packed for him to make sure he’s got laundry detergent and dental floss, razors and shower slippers, I feel the […]

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