The other night while driving home from yoga class – in the evening after the rain – I was reminded of how much I love driving. Just driving. It’s how I get inspiration, work out plot issues and clear my head. Now, I realize I may have partially been in…
I went to Paris, TX for the first time the other weekend, just for the afternoon. It was never so much that I avoided it, but I have to admit that I thought it was much further away from Dallas than it actually is. But of course, the name gets…
“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies…
The other week I had the opportunity to sit at a book talk and signing with Khaled Hosseini, who is out on tour promoting his new book And the Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is a phenomenal writer. I’ve read his other two books and was very emotionally engaged in the story,…
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I visited Pioneer Plaza…for the first time. I know, I know. But in all fairness, I have lived out of TX for a little over a decade, and before that, well, okay. There may not be a good answer. Regardless of that, I’ve seen a…
A few days before my move from DC, I did something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: the Potomac Cruise and visit to Mount Vernon. And with no cruises scheduled for Monday, I lucked out. Initially I planned for Monday, but when I saw Monday wasn’t an option,…