I am sitting here at Coffee Bean on the East Side listening to my Hummingbird playlist, smiling. I am smiling because I scored a big booth by the Third Avenue entrance. While writing these words, a breeze spills in and…
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How close are you to finishing your book?
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. And it makes sense. It makes sense because I’ve been working on this novel for years now and because I announced recently that I…
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The girls are on Spring Break. Tomorrow all of us will head to South Carolina for a week away. It will be a good week. A week of family, of food, of fun, of frolic. A week of focus. Focus…
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On the way home from Paris, I felt anxious. I’ve never been a good flier. I’ve always felt my pulse quicken, my heart clank around inside my chest, my palms slicken with sweat. I also felt claustrophobic. A little brochure…
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dear claire,
I am still buzzing from the weekend. The four of you arrived on Friday and we slipped into a casual night of sushi and conversation. Isn’t it just amazing how the girls clicked so quickly, how there was…
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Okay. So it’s officially official: I love doing these Friday Loves. I’m not sure why. It’s something about the show and tell, the sharing and caring, the hunting and gathering, the reveling in things silly and serious, goodies physical and…
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A week ago, I introduced ADR Friday Loves, a weekly collection of my current silly and serious loves. I was thrilled by your response; it seems that many of you are game for some more frilly Friday fun. This…
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I tell myself things. That everything is material. That creativity begets creativity. But the truth of the matter is that I have a PhD in Procrastination. Most recently, I have been procrastinating writing my novel with other creative endeavors. I…
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The problem is that
you cannot see
me.
You read my
words.
Hard words.
Happy words.
Real words.
And you form a picture.
A picture
that is gray
or rainbow
or neither.
One with soggy corners
that is
scratched at…
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Work hard. Play hard.
I have always done these things. Both of these things. I have always believed in these twin existential aims.
I have been working really hard these days. Writing really hard. Parenting really hard. If I am…
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