Columns & Collected Essays

The title sounds like the set-up for a joke, where a man walks into a bar with a duck on his right shoulder and a cat on his left. But,...

Originally posted on the Huffington Post on January 18th. Read it here or below. Let me get one thing straight here, oh Moms In...

My son, Andrew, wants to know when he will be old enough to get a dog. The answer, scientifically speaking, is “When Mommy thinks you’re...

A note: This article was written by my husband, Brett, as a joke. He emulated my writing style and vented about me the way I always do...

“Where are you coming from?” My friend Amy asked as we chatted briefly in town. I was dripping sweat from head to toe. “Lemme guess? ...

I want to live on Nantucket. Let me qualify that: part of me wants to live there. The artsy, romantic, writerly side of me is drawn to...