Shout-out to Reader’s Digest

Shout-out to Reader’s Digest

Reader’s Digest was our family magazine. While there were other magazines in the house, Reader’s Digest was the one magazine we could share: that magical sampler of the best bits of grown-up books and periodicals.

Right Where I Was

Right Where I Was

Fifteen years ago, I decided to take myself up on my lifelong dream to be a writer. A writer for life. A life writer. I cleared off my kitchen table, assembled my tools and talismans for writing, sat down and waited for the words to come.