I put out a gopher trap after they got into my raised bed and ate my cabbages. This morning the trap had disappeared. Did they confiscate it?

I won an award! Thank you so much to the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2023 Excellence in Journalism Award. It was for my article in Alta Magazine titled, Look Out or You’ll Be Poisoned: www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...

A perfectly whole, non-smashed pumpkin was lying on the sidewalk in front of my house. Why? How did it get there? Mystery pumpkin, are you a gift from a secret admirer?

Almost a million children in the UK do not own a book

Almost a million children in the UK do not own a book

National Literacy Trust study also found that children who received free school meals were twice as likely not to have a book of their own at home

Happy Thanksgiving! My kitten decided to stick his paw in the meringue pie cooling on the counter. So it's going well.

Instagram algorithm is advertising Japanese pens to me and I think it's finally getting me.

Read the article here:

Tainted Marshmallows and Murder in Carmel

A tale of love, tainted marshmallows, and murder at the Carmel artist colony.

I'm thrilled to learn I won a @SPJ_NorCal 2023 Excellence in Journalism Award for my Alta Magazine article ‘Look Out or You’ll Be Poisoned' (the poisoned marshmallow article). I'm in some excellent company.

Must the whole nation go on all of Taylor Swift's dates with her?

So honored to get to spend a week at an artist residency at Spruceton Inn in the Catskills. What a beautiful place to get to write and create.