Category Archives: moment of clarity
Parent’s Weekend: New Families Are All Alike
New Family Weekend Football Game If Tolstoy had attended New Family Weekend at Texas A&M University he might have revised his famous line to read, New Families are all alike. I had imagined a weekend among New Families just like us, helping our freshman find his way, establishing … Continue reading
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First Bird Leaves Nest (Got a hankie?)
We dropped Oldest Son at college last week, our first to leave home. As we packed the car early Sunday morning, a young couple entertaining a toddler on their front steps watched our separation unfold. A perfect moment for me to witness the startling truth of … Continue reading
I Met Jane Austen’s Writing Table
This time, last year, I went to England to meet Jane Austen. I was nervous, and with good reason since I’d taken the liberty of writing about our relationship, even though we’d never met. I ran the terrible risk of discovering I’d based my book on a deep … Continue reading
Subtitles and Surprises
The first time I saw my book in the Harper Collins online catalogue (which happens surprisingly early in the publishing process) was like driving down the street and seeing one of my sons, driving their own car. I struggled to place the grown-up … Continue reading
Weather Porn for Texans: How I Chilled on My Summer Vacation
I’ve never written weather porn before. (I swear). But cryptic vacation updates from Facebook friends reporting low temperatures have left me lusting for sensual details: like cool air sliding through open windows at night and bare feet freezing in mountain streams, for instance. I vowed when I returned from my own chilly … Continue reading
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