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Hey! I made up a new holiday and I’d like to invite all of you to celebrate with me! Here’s a little poem to tell you all about it:   THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR You’ve cooked, you’ve cleaned, you’ve plotted, you’ve schemed to make the holiday bright. Now … you’re tired. Up to…

I heard the other day that if politicians get 10 letters on something, they assume it’s a big deal. So rather than get on Facebook and vent to all of my friends about yet another shooting (yawn …), I took a few minutes and wrote to every single one of my representatives this morning. Here’s what…

I often describe my town as “quirky” and “artsy.” However, there can be a lot of push and pull between the people who have lived here forever and who are immediately horrified by any changes to what they consider established institutions (basically anything they grew up with), and the “newbies” who envision a future P-ville…

The other day I saw a gangly, awkward teenage boy walking through Giant carrying an enormous heart-shaped box of chocolates. There were a million stories in that one image — his story, her story, everyone’s story of those first teenage crushes and the agonizing, innocent sweetness of young love. Merriam Webster says love is “a…

Hi all! Just wanted to share a new project I’m launching in January at WriteWorks.co. Starting January 12, I’ll be writing a weekly series on how to get work as a freelance writer. If you’re a writer at all, you know this is harder than it sounds … I’ll share my “secret sauce” for getting regular,…

Have some ovaries? Or maybe even just one ovary? Or maybe you used to have ovaries? Whatever. My point is that female types should read the article below. (Psst … It’s nice for men, too. So look what I just did … I spent so much time writing needlessly about ovaries. Happens to the best…