I’ve had a headache for days.
Six days, I think. Maybe seven. I think that it started when Lily’s decline became obvious, when it became clear that we were going to...
I don't remember when I stopped writing about ordinary life as a mom. I actually think that it was a long time ago, longer than you would think. I may...
The other week, Glennon Doyle Melton - who I love - tweeted that she doesn’t let her kids use social media. I know that she’s not alone in this. Lots of...
Some years ago I heard Abigail Disney speak about her documentary films and about her belief in the importance of telling women's stories. She had made a film about women and war, she...
I don't know about you, but I am finding the world to be a wearying and discouraging place these days. More than that: terrible, maddening, heartbreaking.
Racism. Sexism. Environmental crisis. Every...
What about your apocalypse then? Well, the universe is a leaf on a time-tree, and come autumn it's going to shrivel and fall off into hell. -- China Mieville, Kraken
There's...
This past weekend, my mom was evacuated from her home in British Columbia due to wildfires. She's still evacuated; she knows that her home is still standing, but the fires...