My Substack

For those of you who have followed along with my running saga, you know that I’ve been spending the last few months completely relearning to run—to stop heel striking after 20 years and learn the proper form. I got the chance to write a piece about…

For the second year in a row, I spent the last weekend in February at Serenbe, with two of my best writer girlfriends, Jodi and Kate. (That's a snapshot of my favorite place.) There may have been at least one incident of alcohol-induced silliness…

Today, let’s play multiple choice. Which do you think is easier to do? THIS . . . . . . OR THIS? The second one—doing the splits—is far easier for me than the first, where I’m self-consciously trying to be fun! I know this…

My closest friends know that I’m obsessed with writer Ann Patchett, mostly because I talk about her, you know, constantly. I could write a whole newsletter about my obsession with her (I might at some point—you’ve been warned), but for today, I’m…

Last week was tough, weather-wise. If you live anywhere that’s not the desert or the deep south, you are probably right there with me. Snow upon snow upon snow. And then a little more snow. And lots of subzero temperatures. All of this added up to…