Dear friends Happy New Year!  I hope you had wonder-filled holidays, even if your wonder was of the "what the hell happened to my li...

My friend sent me Lynda Barry's new book, Syllabus .  I suppose it's disingenuous to call her my friend.  I studied with her in gr...

If you think I left the house last week, you'd be mistaken.  It snowed for days.  Our gutters dripped rich crystalline icicles.  (It ...

October is in full regalia here in Michigan.  Golden leaves blanket the yard.  Spiders web everything; I found one spinning on ...

One morning last week I rose before everyone else.  Not wanting to stir Samantha in the bedroom, I sat in the comfy chair in the offi...

Hello!  We moved.  To Michigan, of course.  Earlier this spring, around the time we were tapping our feet for Ms. Samantha to arriv...

Hi.  It is the middle of July and cold in Northern Colorado.  Lots of rain, lots of mosquitoes, and a downstairs neighbor who leave...