Columns & Collected Essays

My father-in-law thinks he’s a pirate. It started innocently enough, looking back.  My 10-year-old son, Andrew, and his grandfather,...

Last week, an Australian lingerie company emailed me to suggest that I use my platform as a blogger for the Huffington Post to promote...

“Where are you coming from?” My friend Amy asked as we chatted briefly in town. I was dripping sweat from head to toe. “Lemme guess? ...

“I don’t know how this could have happened,” I sighed. “Strange,” my husband, Brett, agreed. “A mystery.” We were holding between us my...

I come from a long line of Women Who Dress. No matter how insignificant the occasion, we make sure we have just the right thing to wear...

I’m on the verge of putting a bumper sticker on my car that says “slap me: I’m obsessed with purple.” Purple shoes, purple sweaters,...