I write about my stressed, workaholic, self-effacing, overcommitted, coffee-fueled life. In 2020, my story in Narratively was one of the top three most read stories in 2020 and editor’s pick. I received a 2012 National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for www.schmeightschmatchers.com, a 2011 Memoir award from Writers Artists Collaborative, and three awards from Humorpress.com’s “America’s Funniest Humor”™ Showcase. My essay “Senseless in Seattle” appears in How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel and Other Misadventures Traveling With Kids, edited by Sarah Franklin in 2008.
My basement was full of stuff. After 24 years of accumulating, I finally started decluttering, and it was so satisfying.
A sign on my home office door says, "Creative People Don't Have a Mess; They Have Ideas Lying Around Everywhere"....