Appetites
Check out this work of art by Philip Guston called Painting, Smoking, Eating. Pretty amazing, huh? When I saw it in the Guston retrospective at […]
Sprezzatura!
I’m so excited to share a new story I wrote called Sprezzatura. It takes place over a single day in November a few years back […]
The Nectar Diner
Lately, I’ve been writing about diners. I don’t really know why I love them so much. It might have to do with the abundant portions, […]
My Life In Nine Obituaries
I love to read the obituaries in the New York Times, especially of people who were just a little bit older than me. When I’m […]
That Moment of Zen
I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my lifetime – editor, writer, dishwasher, cook – but the one I loved best was being a […]
What’s a Wegmans?
No sooner had the warm liquid, and the crumbs with it, touched my palate than a shudder ran through my whole body, and I stopped, […]
Dad Lost the Car
I was so happy when this beautiful magazine Breakwater Review accepted my story “Dad Lost the Car” because I love writing about my family, especially […]
Home Improvements
Oh no! The radiator cover is sloughing off its coat of paint, and there are spider cracks in the walls and ceiling of our bathroom. […]
The Denim Cutoffs That Made Me Cry
The photo on the left is my friend Susan and her husband, Ron, standing in front of his beloved Datsun 280Z. Last summer, when Stan […]
More Than Fifty Shades of Gray
This is Stephanie and me at our 20th college reunion—right around the time my first gray hairs started to come in. For whatever reason – […]