really, restoration hardware???
So this showed up at my front door the other day. I was intrigued by the heft of it until I realized what it actually was. 17 pounds of Restoration Hardware catalogs?
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my baby just graduated college. what do i do now?
I never thought of myself as someone who defined herself by her children. Whose life was so closely intertwined with theirs that I would feel lost once they left home. But apparently I am.
the passport protector
Like most people, the one thing I obsess about on every trip is my passport. So I was horrified and inspired by Patrick Dichter’s story. You can – and should – read it here, and see how he’s turned every traveler’s nightmare into an amazing product that I can’t wait to use myself.
second chances by maddie dawson
I loved Maddie Dawson’s first novel, The Stuff That Never Happened, about a woman who’s been theoretically happily married for almost 30 years but is still kind of in love with someone she had an affair with decades ago. It’s a fascinating, thought-provoking read, and I was sad to finish it because it was Maddie’s…
a love letter to books, bookstores and “the storied life of a.j. fikry”
I read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry in one sitting on a cross-country flight to my daughter’s college graduation. Ironically, it was the same day Barnes and Noble announced they were closing all their stores by the end of the year. I remembered my kids’ excited faces as we waited on line at midnight…