Some weeks things just go everywhere. A glass shatters, being knocked from the counter and there’s the crash and a check to see if everyone is wearing socks so no further damage can be done with big pieces of glass. We sweep up the glass, saying “that’s why we buy 20 glasses for 20 bucks,” but […]

So my writer self came to the door again today and I invited her inside. We sat on the deck, and we talked about getting on with the process of researching my next story. HER: “So the kids have been back at school for a week now and you’re not doing as much as I thought […]

This is what she said to me. “It’s so quiet in here. I’ve been trying to come inside all summer but you can never hear me knocking at the door over those children. They are so loud, I don’t know how you bear it. It that the right way to spell bear or should it […]