Last week, when I mentioned 'How-to Write' books and how they all contain a specific bit of storytelling advice, it reminded me of something else they all tell us to do. Which is: to capture…
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Granted, I live in a place that is considered to be a vacation paradise. And granted, I used to feel that way when I didn't live here. And granted, I still do feel that way…
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Next to causing massive amounts of trouble, my favorite thing to do at camp every summer was sail. Every single day for two months throughout five summers, I sailed. Little sunfish, 15 foot X-boats, even…
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Disclaimer: I did not birth the term 'suck'. And, yes, I wish I had. Yesterday, I went to a friend's house to borrow a skirt, and she said, "We have to start with the shoes.…
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Do you have any words that you'd like obliterated? I'm all for axing 'cute'. Bunnies are cute. Puppies are cute. As Alisa from Project Happily Ever After says, "I think it's okay to use cute…
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I'm standing on the other side of the abyss, the good one. And I wanted to let you all know that the ground here is high and dry, nearly heady. Because I read your comments…
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Does anyone know who Michiko Kakutani is? If you do, you get a gold star for the day. Wear it loud and proud on your forehead. In my world (because she is bigger than this),…
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Late every August, just before school started, my mom would take me to the department store (Famous Barr, if you happen to be from St. Louis) to get my Back to School clothes. And I…
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Having worked in triple time at the beginning of last week to get all of my client work completed, I left my island on Wednesday and headed to Shelter Island, just a few hours south.…
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You know how I torture myself on a regular basis? While talking to my outrageously simpatico friends, Sarah and Chris, last night, I realized that there’s a perfectly delicious reason for this. At one point,…
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