Columns & Collected Essays

I don’t know about your family, but in mine, we like to use sayings. Sayings are efficient. They cut through the specific and hit on...

“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? ...

On a chilly weekend last October, my family and I headed to Providence, Rhode Island for something called WaterFire. (When translated...

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...

My 9-year-old son, Andrew, recently went on a mini-sleep away trip with his day camp. He was gone for a total of 5 days, which is hardly...

My 9-year-old son, Andrew, wants to go to sleep away camp next summer, and I guess I’m going to let him, even though my heart will feel...