April in Letters and Poetry(Post)

    April is a particularly special month for two reasons: 1) it’s National Poetry Month, which encourages us to celebrate and share poetry, and 2) it’s National Letter Writing Month, which ...

    My Last Not-Yet-40 Birthday(Post)

    I turn 39 today. Eek! I am not generally a person who dreads my birthday. As a youngest child who has also always looked young, I actually really appreciate aging. It makes me happy to gain experien ...

    In Praise of Imperfect Mothers(Post)

    With kids at home nonstop these days, I can’t help but reflect on my parenting — mostly wondering if I’m doing it all wrong. Please tell me I’m not the only one who feels this ...

    Reason to Write(Post)

    I’ve been kicking around different ideas to write about this week while on the road and staring out at the crashing waves and in bed before I fall asleep, but my brain can't focus on any of the ...

    Poetry by Post: Volume 1, Issue 1(Post)

    Beginning in November of last year, I started to feel a constant, low-level panic about launching Poetry by Post. Prior to November, the project was nascent enough—and private enough—tha ...

    A Material World(Post)

    This Instagram thing has continued to rankle me because, at the risk of sounding melodramatic, it was once my favorite app, and the fact that it is doubling down on its attempt to become a rival to T ...

    When the Panic Sets In(Post)

    I have mentioned a time or two that I’m working on a sizable project that will launch very soon. Truth is, I am starting to get extremely scared — scared being a gross understatement. Pet ...

    How I Fell Back in Love with Reading(Post)

    My twins, Eliza and Hazel, are in the golden age of reading right now. They haul books home from the library by the dozen and devour titles quickly and swap back and forth and eagerly tell me about ...

    Patterned Spring(Post)

    We've been super busy reorganizing and purging and dusting off the shelves at the shop that I decided it was high time, too, to dust off this here blog! Last year, I was so preoccupied with getting P ...

    Camp Postscript(Post)

    Summer just doesn't feel like summer--even as an adult!--without a nod to the ritual of camp. Hiking for miles. Learning all the silly trail songs. Drifting in canoes and feeling sunshine positively ...

    Not So New! But Improved!(Post)

    "Growing pains" is a phrase I used to always associate with the young. Bodies bursting out of their bounds as small kids expand and unfurl in miraculous ways. The heartaches of lost friendships or un ...

    The Great Postage Puzzle(Post)

    Growing up, my brother and sister and I would play a game that only rural, bored-out-of-their-brains kids could dream up. It was called Puzzle Factory, and the basic premise was that we completed p ...