POETRY, MUSINGS, ETC.

Dearest Lovelies - This is BIG. That's what my editor tells me. She was nearly teary when she told me that of all the books coming out in...

Dear lovelies - It's gratitude day and week and month and tomorrow we FEAST! And by way of thanksgiving I wanted to say a few words about...

Hey Lovelies – It's been a tough week—distress and fear were raging like pre-teen hormones throughout the house, and me and the kids felt...

I wrote most of Blood Orange Night on my red couch or at this desk. I bought the couch and the desk from some Russian immigrants living...

Dear lovelies – As many of you know I’m getting my first book, Blood Orange Night, published in June 2022. While part of me feels all...

Hello there, lovelies – It’s the Saturday before World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day and I’ve been waiting all week to tell you why Katy...

Hey there lovelies - It's June, which feels like ... summer and candy and promise all wrapped up into one beautiful package. It's also...

Hey there lovelies – I got up this morning thinking about the Spotify playlist I’ve been putting together for you. It’s got a gnarly...

Hi there, lovelies – I’m going to jump right into a Brené Brown discussion about shame because why not? It’s a Saturday and in the weeks...

Hi there, lovelies – I’ve decided to answer the question so many of you have about my beautiful/different boy. No, that’s not quite...

Dear Friend – If it’s okay, I’d like to start easy and make mint tea in fat, ceramic mugs and bring them to the living room. The news is...

There are a myriad of names I could call you—Little Papaya, minor Oblongata and Action Hero being the most current endearments—but of...

Because mama locked me out when the white powder made her nose bleed and I cried and said stop and my eyes were her knives. I went to the...

since feeling is first in the heart of the man that pays attention jed is that man whose chest burns as he walks in the world this man,...