If you don’t live in metro Phoenix, this won’t be of much interest. And even if you do, it may be of no interest whatsoever. But in the interest of, well, shameless self-promotion, I’ll tell you that I will be teaching and co-teaching some writing workshops in July — one at Changing Hands Bookstore, the […]

Last week marked the end of another Mothers Who Write workshop. I’ve lost track of how many we’ve taught. This one, like those before it, was the best yet. We don’t play favorites, of course (wink, wink — what teacher doesn’t?!) but Deborah and I both have very cushy spots in our hearts for our […]

Home Remedy. That was the assignment for last night’s Mothers Who Write class — the workshop I’ve co-taught for years with my dear friend Deborah Sussman Susser. We wanted our students to write about health care, but frankly, we weren’t interested in 15 essays about health care reform. So the ever-wise Deborah came up with […]

This morning at camp drop-off, it was smiles all around. I think Sophie would prefer basketball to drama (in the abstract, anyway) and maybe Annabelle would still rather have it in reverse, but both girls are happy. Phew. As we walked down the steep ramp to the basketball arena yesterday morning, the First Day, I […]