Category Archives: The Writer’s Life

The Goal-Setting Question You Don’t Want to Forget to Ask

‘Tis the season for goal setting… and goal forgetting. Lured by the fresh promise of a new year, many of…

There’s an awful lot of fuss about Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell’s recent “heated” argument about racism on The View.…

This has been the season of unexpected interruptions. The latest? Surgery, followed by way more recovery time than I would’ve…

Some pretty awesome things have happened since Gift of the Phoenix made it out into the big, wide world. It’s…

Boise’s nickname is the City of Trees. Trees everywhere you look. Fly into Boise and you don’t see a sea…

I found out about Robin William’s passing when I saw #RIPRobinWilliams trending on Twitter. One Google search and 5 seconds…

This summer, before my family and I went to Hawaii for the first time, I tried to make sure I…

My son taught me a lesson the other day. During Spring Break, we took the kids on a day trip…

The highlight of my experience at the 2014 Tucson Festival of Books was two panels, both with Laurie Halse Anderson.…

My stepdaughters introduced me to this video. Ah, now my secret is out! I love the Calvin and Hobbes reference,…