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Today is the last day of August. I’m not even sure what to say about this other than it just seems wrong. September already? Really? Wow. I’ve been kind of mourning the summer [...]

1. Yesterday, my daughter had her first day of playschool. I know, I know. It’s not real school. But it was still REALLY hard for me. I mean, I had to label her little lunchbox! And write [...]

The other day, I posted a Facebook update about an hour after I got up. Someone commented back: “It’s so early! Go back to bed, woman!” (I especially liked the [...]

I’ll be appearing at the North Carolina Literary Festival, which is being held in Chapel Hill on September 10-13th. You can find out info here. I’m doing a panel on Saturday, Sept [...]

So, it’s Monday, I’m back from the beach, and this time it actually feels real. Like, yes, fall is coming. School is starting. And I’m ready. Or, at least more ready than I was [...]

1. So far, even with a hurricane churning in this general direction, the beach has been amazing. Sunny and hot, the water perfect. The one downside: my daughter cannot seem to understand the [...]

So I’m sitting here, drinking hazelnut coffee. Can I tell you how much I love hazelnut coffee? It’s like two products in one: caffeine AND air freshener. I love when a product pulls [...]

Hear that? It’s the sound of the ocean, which is right outside my back door as I write this. Yes, I am back at the beach. Yes, I could not help myself. I just needed a bit more time here, [...]

1. I feel like the summer is just whizzing by right now. I mean, it’s mid-August. School starts at UNC in less than two weeks, for the public schools around the same time. My own daughter [...]

When I was a kid, I was really into dollhouses. I had a couple of them, from a small one my grandfather made me to a fancy one I saved up for ages to buy for myself. I had rooms full of [...]