being a writer

So . . . I sort of like this video blogging thing (vlogging, I believe, is the actual term). After I get beyond the fact that I look like a doofus, it’s sort of fun to experiment with the medium. I might do it more in 2017, or I might not. We’ll…

Are you searching for a holiday gift for someone who . . . Loves to sew? Is crafty? Digs vintage stuff? Likes reading about women’s history? I have a wonderful gift idea for you: My book, Sew Retro! I have a big inventory of books, and I’m…

When we decided it was time to put an addition on our home (my “line in the sand”), my husband called his friend who works in construction. He couldn’t do it, he told us, but he knew who could. He gave my husband a name and number. “No web…

I bought this painting for my six-year-old daughter earlier this month at a local art show. She picked it out because she likes pink and purple and the Sara Bareilles song, “Brave.” I want her to be brave. I want to be brave, too. Yet much of what…

This past Monday morning, I talked to my son Max’s third grade class. It came after a weekend of binging on social media and reading article after article about the state of the world and the country. I was not in the best place to talk about why I…