The front door creaked as I opened it, the wind made the windows sigh and groan. The tree in our front yard cast a deep, sinister shadow in the porch-light.
The front door creaked as I opened it, the wind made the windows sigh and groan. The tree in our front yard cast a deep, sinister shadow in the porch-light.
When I was a little girl, I told my parents that I wanted two big draft horses – one black and one white – and I would name them “Thunder”
[the recent ‘toughest job in the world’ ad that’s overtaking Facebook] reveals a troubling attitude; an attitude that makes these sorts of commercials so effective; an attitude that portrays parenting
I can’t contain myself enough to write anything beautiful today. I can’t think about anything but the unbelievable, terrifying, uniquely wonderful reality that we just bought a house – not
This morning, when I got in the shower, I didn’t exactly have house-cleaning on my mind. We’d just gotten back from a long working weekend, and I was thinking about
At Thanksgiving, I always think of the Holmes family. I was 18 and feeling lonely – here I had boldly taken off for parts unknown, but once I found myself
My mom loves tinsel. Every year there is buckets of the stuff floating around the house at Christmas, getting tracked around on snowy boots and caught on the doggie’s tail.
Last night, we went to see Catching Fire in the theater. I noticed, as I looked around the theater, how many posters and advertisements were for modern mythologies – the
For as long as I can remember, my mom has made a strong pot of coffee every morning, and drank it religiously, with only a splash of milk to temper
You know how Mother-in-Law jokes, go, right? It seems that everybody has a horror story, a difficult situation or a trying circumstance with their in-laws. Families have their own social