Gothic horror, film noire, and melodrama will frequently feature a scene with a spooky portrait. Here are a few examples off the top of...

Another organizing tip for y’all. I love our current place, but the bathroom is rather small for a family of four–it’s 4’x8′. There was...

The grocery delivery guy kept staring at our living room in a weird way and finally said, “I just have to say, this is the neatest...

I’ve read this book out loud so many times I finally decided just to record myself. I’m not sure why it’s so beloved in our house. Might...

Many nations have rules around how much broadcast television must be in the native language. This was of particular concern in France...

Self publishing an e-book is easy peasy lemon squeezy. Right? Oh, lord, you guys. I wrote the book. I finished the first draft two years...

My partner occasionally asks me if I miss working in Hollywood. It’s something I ponder when I see my industry friends achieve ever...

Delightful Healing Diva, Sonia Haynes, interviewed me about how I help fellow creatives get their shit together. Her writing podcast is...

My mother and her parents were the first members of my family to immigrate to the new world, and they did it with their usual glamor....

Some people say that we will never again see the level of glamour evident in post-world war America. It usually men who lament the...

I’m reading a horror story. It’s a true story written by Howell Woltz called Justice Denied. You should buy his book and read it, too....

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Matching outfits and travel with your poodle, Gigi, on your lap. [Helen Lasserre & Maria Baroni] I know we had PanAm swag all over the...

I wrote a bit about my experience with transient agricultural workers as well as the time I worked as a tour guide in the South Carolina...

You’d think, with eight months of winter and -40 degree temperatures, my biggest problem with living in Alberta would have been the...

My grandmother, Helene, in a studio-style portrait with the family dog. In the time before Owen Mills and malls, we still found a way to...

Wireless headphones can be your new best friend when you become a parent, particularly if you share a small apartment with your children,...

Tibetan monks sometimes make mandalas, intricate designs of colored sand painstakingly created in a non-windy section of the monastery....

I was talking to a friend about how American aggression always feels most apparent to me when I go back there after a long absence. He...

I adored the stage version of Tracy Letts’ show August: Osage County when I saw it on Broadway. It was one of those transcendent theater...