Columns & Collected Essays

My kitchen. Mostly dark. 9 pm. Before going upstairs for bed, I looked over my (actual paper) calendar for the following day and saw the...

“I heard that they are putting one in to that new shopping plaza next to Ichigo Ichie,” a mom said excitedly. A gaggle of other moms...

“How was your summer?” I asked my friend, Jen, before spin class at a local gym. “It’s been great! How is yours?” “It was great. Too bad...

“You psyched, Zoe?” I asked my daughter as we approached the starting line. “Yeah!” She said. “You?” “Oh, yes,” I said, mustering up as...