My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
In going through the mementos my parents kept, I’ve discovered another way in which my
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most
The Middlebury College Admissions Office uses interviews by alumni volunteers to supplement the online application
One morning last week as I wrote in my journal, I grumbled about the Midwestern
Every once in a while, I go back through old journal volumes to see where
I don’t want March to get away from me before I write about two milestones
My siblings and I spent much of our holiday vacations playing games. No one in
Soon I will get to meet my new granddaughter. I have anticipated this moment for
I suppose every family develops its own lingo, terms they use to describe their experiences
I’ve written before about the idyllic summers I spent as a teenager on Coeur d’Alene
For most of the forty-seven Christmases my husband and I have been married, we have
I’ve joined the 21st century. Our house is totally cable-free. My husband never wanted to
Under traditional English and American property law, married women had no rights to own property—real
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up this weekend. I’ve written before about the importance of
Shortly after Christmas last year, my father commented to me that it was the first
My maternal grandmother was always happy. At least that’s how I remember her. Her birthday
We have all had times when life changed in an instant—an accident, illness, natural disaster,