My Mother Has Come Unstuck in TimeOne of the most haunting lines of American literature is from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five.Jul 11, 202327Jul 11, 202327
Fat Green Beans in AugustThere is a point every West Virginia Summer when the green beans are fat and plump and have beans and strings and aren’t just little green…Aug 29, 20211Aug 29, 20211
Dragons Live Forever, But not So Little BoysOne day, when my boys were kindergarten, one of them looked at me, hands on his hips, and announced, “Mommy…in elementary school kids wear…Mar 31, 2021Mar 31, 2021
“Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow beyond imagining,” wrote Susan Cooper in her novel *The Dark is…Tonight is the winter solstice, the “longest evening of the year” as Robert Frost eloquently phrased it.Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
West Virginia: Practicing Social Isolation Since 1863When you grow up in the mountains of West Virginia, social isolation is nothing new.Mar 18, 2020Mar 18, 2020
Margaret Mead in the School Dropoff LineWhen I pick my kids up from school, I often note to myself how the bahvior and patterns of parents at school drop-off and pick-up mimic…Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2019
The Kids are AlrightSo here we sit at IHOP on a Sunday morning waiting for brunch. Me, my husband of 21 years, and my two 14 year old sons. All of us are…Sep 16, 2018Sep 16, 2018
