It’s 4:15 AM and I’m writing on my iPhone from the small bathroom of our hotel room here in Jackson Hole-adacent. My family’s snoozing away. I have not had a full night’s sleep since before Annabelle was born and the fact that in the morning we will begin a four night camping trip in Yellowstone […]

I woke up this morning with a horrible thought. The purple First Day of School pants. She can’t wear them. On Saturday, the girls and I hit Target for back-to-school gear. I was so proud of myself — doing it two weeks ahead, instead of two days, or two hours. The three of us stood […]

I had fun leading a memoir writing workshop at Changing Hands in Tempe earlier this month, and the store was gracious enough to ask me to do another. Sign ups are underway for a workshop the evening of August 26. Details here.

Several months ago, Ray had an apple tree planted in the front yard, in honor of his mom. The name is “Anna Apple,” which seemed appropriate since Annabelle was the apple of her grandmother’s eye. But it wasn’t until I was chopping the apples up for pie that I suddenly realized that Annabelle’s inadvertantly named for […]

It had been too long since I’d checked in on Amanda Blake — one of my all-time favorite artists, she is responsible for the image of the Girl in a Party Hat — and look what she’s got for sale on her etsy store. The image is lovely, as always. But the title of the […]

I know I was the last one to see it. And now I can’t stop watching it. In honor of my newfound desire to embed video on blogs, check this out.

As I’ve already mentioned once or twice, we went to a wedding last weekend. It was truly lovely, but I did walk away missing one thing: a first dance. The wedding was non-traditional on purpose — no tiered cake, no guest book, no rehearsal dinner (though frankly a rehearsal would have been helpful). The groom […]