My Substack

First of all, welcome new subscribers! I’ve been doing a bit of speaking lately, so I know I’ve got some new people. You’re probably trying to figure out what goes on in this newsletter. Well, what doesn’t go on is a bunch of the same old advice…

This past Saturday, I headed down to The City Flea here in Cincinnati. It’s such a great event: food trucks, music, amazing shopping for vintage and handmade and weird stuff—all set against the backdrop of our beloved Music Hall in a restored urban…

My five-year-old and I are both in the middle of emotional growth spurts. I think his was triggered by a combination of nervousness over starting kindergarten in a week, and getting hold of the iPad when we forgot to block You Tube and finding his way…

About seven years ago, I wrote some web site copy for a really cool little gourmet wholesale coffee roaster. The guys who owned it had a great story. But I can’t quite remember it. Because mostly what I remember is that I wasn’t allowed to use…

A few weeks ago, my daughter, Georgia, started crying from the basement playroom. My husband went down there, and found her pointing up at the windowsill, where a copper folk-art style cat was sitting. It had been sitting there since the day she was born…