water girl
For the record, I’m all for store-bought costumes at Halloween. We’ve had many at our house. But this...
kid-art wallpaper
So, as you know, when you have kids, you acquire a lot of kid art. And a huge amount of it is completely awesome....
this chair took over my life
A few weeks ago I fell into crazy love with a chair. Like, I actually gasped when I saw the picture of it on...
the mother of invention
I’m taking a little time off from writing. Not a lot of time off: just a couple of months. I just need to be...
how stories can save you
Yesterday, after 11 days home with a sick 4-year-old, I went to the school I went to for Kindergarten through 12th...
everything's a story
So I inherited some lamps from my grandfather’s office last week. Or, actually, I just claimed them out of my...
crazy cross-Texas love
So last week I fell into a crazy infatuated love. With a chair. A chair I found for 15 dollars on Craigslist....
en fuego
Dear Kelly Rae Roberts, Thank you for setting me on fire. I’ve made another collage, and now I’m walking...
before & after
The furnishings in our house have been going downhill for a while. Kid life has been hard on my decorating skills....
i love radio
This morning, I did a radio interview with Christopher Gabriel on his program for AM 970 WDAY in Fargo, ND, and it was...
body poems: $1
I’d love to have a body poems booth. Maybe just sit out on the front lawn on nice days with a sign like a...
how hands can make sunshine
One day, in Oregon, we made collages. My collage. It was all because of Kelly Rae, who shared both her artistic...
lovebomb
Last spring, I got invited to go with a group of women artists to the Oregon coast for a retreat called Lovebomb....
you can make butter
Today, when my daughter saw I’d bought some heavy cream at the grocery, she asked if we could make butter. So we...
advance readers' edition
The AREs for Get Lucky are all printed up — and just arrived in the mail at my house. It’s still a...
where have i been?
I try not to forget to count my blessings. And one of them–two years in a row, now–has been getting to...
the long-awaited kitten post
I apologize for the Blair Witch quality of the kitten photos. But they do illuminate some true things: 1. My...
my sister's birthday
My big sister is about to have an important birthday–and to honor it, and her, my mom and dad and I went through...
you saw it here first
My third novel, Get Lucky–on sale April 2010–now has a cover! Now we just need to get it together with the...
handcrafted buildings
I’m obsessing over this amazing slideshow of photos of this charming cob house in Texas today! The New York...
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