For my birthday several years ago, my son gave me a palm-sized bronze sculpture by Daniel Fleming, an Etsy artist who posts under the apt...

I love when people post pics of all the fun things they did on their birthdays, because I love my birthday, too, and celebrate all month....

In keeping with Monday’s post about solitude, today I’m writing about a book I loved: Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That...

Yesterday I listened to a fascinating Hidden Brain podcast that featured psychologist and researcher Cassie Mogilner Holmes . The author...

While not Native American, I’ve studied for years about various tribes across America and am fascinated by the many different cultures,...

As you know, I have two sisters and the oldest — though by no means old — is Dee. It’s her birthday this week, which is why she’s getting...

by Oskar Hokea I get connected via social media to all kinds of fascinating people. A few years ago I started following the blog of Oskar...

by Ann S. Epstein While on vacation, I blew through Ann S. Epstein’s latest historical novel, “One Person’s Loss.” She does a fabulous...

by Patti Isaacs I had the huge pleasure of meeting Patti Isaacs years ago when she attended a critique group to which I belonged. I got...

I’m still blown away by the talented people I met at the San Francisco Writers Conference this summer. One of them is Amelia Pendleton, a...

I had a pivotal moment at the end of my sophomore year in college. While driving through campus, I stopped at a crosswalk to let students...

I love memoirs that employ humor, those that revolve around travel, and those that feature spooky historical houses. Author Roz Morris...

This really happened last week: Lynne (member of our community) recommended the Nothing Much Happens podcast. I downloaded an episode,...

Kudos to Aya de Leon and those at SheWritesPress for starting a fiction imprint called Fighting Chance Books that’s actively soliciting...

(NOTE: The following article is from a dialogue panel I participated in with Tanya Egan Gibson, Monica Wesolowska and Wendy Tokunaga on...

(You can also read this review on Goodreads.) This fabulous short story collection is automatically readable! Every story spotlights the...

I wouldn’t be a writer if I didn’t love — adore, caress, worship — words. The thesaurus and dictionary are easily my two favorite books....

I don’t know whether everyone would consider my grandma’s green and red Jell-O with cream cheese a delight, but I’m passing on this 4th...

I just finished Mark Chesnut’s Prepare for Departure, a travel writer’s humorous, warm memoir of journeying with his mother to the end of...

In celebration of the publication of my memoir, Bliss Road, next June by Vine Leaves Press, I'm starting to countdown the many reasons I...