May is: tiny bouquets of bright yellow dandelions collected for me by the little boys, bird seed bells hung in trees for the chickadees,...

This month is:  volunteering at the animal shelter, starting heirloom tomatoes in old yogurt cups, reading the Chez Panisse Cafe...

I have a new interview up at Literary Mama–freelance writer Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser asks me about what Tom and the kids and I are up to now,...

Best Buddies International is one of the programs included in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything  contest.   Best Buddies International is a non-profit...

On my index finger, I’m wearing a tarnished, golden smiley-face ring.  It’s dented a bit, and it’s too small, but I like to wear it sometimes...