sometime around 1990 i got my first walkman. i spent hours listening to the radio, waiting for my favorite songs to come on, finger trigger-...

"funny that hurts" by brandi strickland i spent two days this week in downtown salt lake city, away from family and friends and ot...

ah. i love summer. lazy mornings, trips to the lake, garden produce, hours and hours of sunshine, eating outdoors, cool morning runs, flip f...

it's been a long time since we took a family trip all together. this one was practically perfect. a quick trip to yuba lake for 2 days. ...

readers: please meet all my siblings, from oldest to youngest, left to right [minus my older sister emily, who i left a space for next to me...

I found it funny that when I posted a picture of my mother several posts back, some of you mentioned I look like her. I think I got all of m...

Oh man. How does one sum up the week that I had? Being in Holly Black's fantasy class at WIFYR writing conference was terrifying, enli...