Who would have thought anyone could miss an 8-hour road trip. Well, in 2020, all things (and no things) are possible. My new essay:
When There’s No Holiday Road Trip
Published December 22, 2020 in Your Teen
Tag: Holidays
New York Times: The More the Merrier, and the Messier
I wanted simple and orderly. Hosting 20 house guests is neither of these.
Happy to share my latest!
I Ditched the Homemade Advent Calendar
Every one of my childhood years, my Aunt Pat sent us a paper Advent calendar, the kind where you open a little door for each day of December. This was a huge thrill for the five of us kids, even though we had to wait five days for our turn to open a tiny picture of a sprig of holly or candy cane. Maybe it was partly because we had to wait.
After Christmas, when the calendar was spent, I’d even Continue reading “I Ditched the Homemade Advent Calendar”