Monthly Archives: September 2008

maybe because I AM a little tipsy.  Only one glass of wine, but that’s all it takes, isn’t it? Anyway, I’m off to New York tomorrow so this is my last post for a while.  Although I’m taking my computer … Continue reading →

Maybe that headline isn’t the best way to gain new readers, but I figured I’d beat Amazon to the punch.  Why wait for their customers to let me know how uninteresting my blog is when I can simply own it, … Continue reading →

The kids are in school (we have five at the moment, because my husband’s niece is staying with us for the school year), my husband’s at work, and miraculously I’m alone in the house right now.  Unless, of course,  you count the … Continue reading →

When I put the word “penis” in the title of my last blog, it was–more or less–relevant to the story I was telling.  But I knew the word had a certain amount of shock value and remembered reading somewhere that … Continue reading →

So last night I had my first official book signing for The Smart One and the Pretty One.  I had a ball, which I can’t always say about book-related events, and now that I’m looking back (from my virtual sick … Continue reading →

Quite a few years ago now, my nephew Rudy was at a bookstore with his mom (my sister Nell) and he picked up a book and said, “I want this one.”  She asked him why, and he said, “I like … Continue reading →

Warning: this post is neither funny nor cheerful.  I’m not in that kind of mood.  Please skip if you’re not in the mood to be brought down. Right now we’re dealing with a classic crisis for people of our age … Continue reading →