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I have a magazine assignment to scout the upcoming 127 Corridor sale (otherwise known as “The World’s Longest Yard Sale) in Ohio and Kentucky. I’m bringing my sisters and niece with me for some color commentary (by “color,” I mean insanity),…

I’ve been in a serious flirtation with entrepreneurship for the past few years, coyly saying things like, “I want to build something larger than myself.” I mean, just the word entrepreneur has a seductive quality: with its European etymology, it…

My dad has lost all of his stories. A disease has jumbled them, like a terrible tangle of cassette tape, mercilessly unwound. Every story he tries to tell starts with going up the hill: everything is up the hill. “So, we went up the hill . . .way…

The car is where my 4-year-old and I have the best conversations. There are times when I’m driving and covertly trying to reach into my purse, unlock my iPhone, and hit the “record” button in the voice memo app because I want so badly to capture…

I spent last Friday on a video shoot, because I had written a script for a commercial (a piece my client is using for a corporate show and their You Tube channel). I got to write a whole scenario, involving actors with dialog and a little kitchen demo.…