The book proposal is finally out the door and in the hands of a copy editor. That accomplished, I sent my query letter to several agents the other day. Amazingly, […]

Well, my status in life has changed again. While I will always be the first, First Lady in any big city in America to be legally banned from the City […]

Today I am married to my big Mistake for thirty years. It has been thirty years of wedded bliss, arguments and all. Between my husband and my children, I am […]

Thank you all for remembering me on my 51st birthday and for the kind words. They are much appreciated. xoxoxoxo

Man, I love east-coast people. The men are protective and the women stand up for each other. I was just walking in a crosswalk when a bus blared his horn […]

My daughter’s boyfriend said I’m not supposed to “share” my thoughts on this site, but I don’t know what the site is supposed to be for, if not for that. […]

Yep. I’m sitting at a coffee shop in the middle of Providence, RI, tending to my husband’s business before I can get to my own. Funk’s in a meeting at […]

Said daughter is making me walk with her to the coffee shops to write. She says it makes better sense to walk to where you’re going to work instead of […]

Life is good. I’m at the coffee shop with my baby. I’m writing and she’s working on a journal article.

My firstborn infant is coming home from grad school for the summer today. Thrilled cannot even describe my joy. Walks, estate sales, lattes and much laughter over her dorkiness will […]