Lessons in Colorado.
Musings
Musings on what I learned during my childhood summers in Colorado
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Emotional Touchstones.
Essays
Can you remember the first time a book or movie pierced you? Rearranged your perspective?…
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Pinches.
Essays
Musings on mourning the baby years, and feeling all the feelings related to watching our…
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Stocking the Children’s Activity Closet for Summer.
Motherhood
A roundup of great activities and supplies to have on hand for children this summer.
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Narratives of Friendship.
Featured
Musings on the different shapes and narratives of female friendships.
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An Asterism.
Musings + Essays
Musings on my childhood home and its role in my creative development.
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Foliage Consumes Stone.
Musings + Essays
Musings on revisiting my childhood home and working through a lost friendship.
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Don’t Forget —
Musings + Essays
A reminder to slow down and realize that time is a gift.
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Belonging.
Musings + Essays
Musings on returning to my hometown and feeling as though I belong.
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Icebreaker, Partie Deux.
Musings + Essays
Getting to know my magpie readers even better by asking some virtual icebreaker questions.
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Magpie Book Club: Shuggie Bain and The Poor Mes.
Book Club
A review of Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain and musings on the centering of trauma in…
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