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Bargaining with babies is hard. I thought the Schmidtlets and I had a deal: no learning to crawl until after I turned in m...

Growing up, I summered in the land of Anne of Green Gables and Gilbert *heart-a-flutter* Blythe. As a grown up, I don't get up there ...

These are too fun to be the product of Stress-Baking.   Rice Krispie Cake Batter Treats - recipe found HERE Maybe they're Proc...

The wonderful thing about being at a writing retreat set in a hunting lodge in the middle of the woods is… well, almost everything. Th...

There are a few awesome things on my desk right now. 1)    My Edit Letter ! I think this makes it official. Well, MORE official. It a...

Yup, those are bags of books. Today I'm so excited to share my interview with Victoria Schwab . Not only is V a talented writer, I...

Today I had the opportunity to participate in the Panel of Possibility for my local group of National Writing Project fellows. It was...

Once upon a time I opened a book and read the words Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they we...

 I must not make muffins. I must not make muffins. NO MUFFINS, TIFFANY. I'm meeting my stroller posse in about an hour for our 8:30 st...

When I can't sleep at night, or when I'm waiting in line at the grocery store, or on hold with the cell phone company I mental...

When I was a wee imp my father used to tuck in bed at night and sing me to sleep with: "The wonderful thing about tiggers is tiggers a...

Yesterday the boys woke up at 4:45. They were fussy all morning, feeding off my own nervous energy. We were visiting the elementary s...

Writing with infant twins is hard. In other shocking news: water is wet, books contain words, new mothers lack sleep. Maybe it's that s...

Meet Churchill. The frog, not the baby - that's Brad.  Here's his brother, Winston. Hippo = Winston, Baby= Asher The...

I discovered recently that not everyone dyes their milk pink for Valentine's Day, or green for St. Patrick's Day. This baffl...