I’ve spent most of my adult life pretending to be an extrovert in public, but at my core I’m a solitude-craving, journal-keeping, book-loving introvert. As a writer I spend so much time inside my head and behind my computer. Yet…
Sixteen months is a long time to be at home with kids. You love them with every fiber of your being, sure, but it can feel suffocating when there’s no time or space to be alone. The freedom to…
Last month one of my beloved former professors at the Savannah College of Art and Design invited me to lead a series of virtual discussions with her writing students. As I prepared my talking points, it made me take stock…
Last week my 7-year-old used our washing machine as his hiding place for a game of hide-and-seek. Was it a creative move? Sure. But was it the smartest place to hide? Definitely not. Now the washing machine is broken and…
When my kids were toddlers I signed them both up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. If you’re not familiar, it’s a program that sends your child one free book in the mail every month until they’re five. Dolly selects…
Some insight on the exciting changes ahead
With options across the city
