Personal Essays 

...Personal essays about home, family, parenting, work, writing, friendship, "streak running"
(per definition of the United States Running Streak Association), and more....

"How sharing photos helps bridge the 1,000 miles that keep us apart"- Boston Globe, April 11, 2021
"When freshman year turns into a lesson in solitary confinement" - Boston Globe, October 11, 2020
"Keeping the family busy, and finding silver linings where we can" - Boston Globe, April 5, 2020
"A year preserved in pictures, but where’s the rest of the story?" - Boston Globe, January 19, 2020
"Notes from the sandwich generation"  - Boston Globe, July 6, 2019
"Karma and cutting down a favorite tree" - Boston Globe, April 21, 2019
"For an over-50 runner, moderation is a revelation" - Boston Globe, January 13, 2019
"Simple pleasures make college homecoming something special" - Boston Globe, December 23, 2018
"A familiar journey takes a different turn" - Boston Globe, August 19, 2018
"Creating a community isn't as easy as running a store" - Boston Globe, April 29, 2018
"My son likes farmwork - will he get into college?" - Boston Globe, July 23, 2017
"Family finds joy in cozier home" - Boston Globe, March 6, 2016
"Coming at last, a break from lending a hand" - Boston Globe, April 1, 2016
"School starts anew as yet another year passes" - Boston Globe, September 4, 2014
"In spring a young man’s thoughts turn to — baseball" - Boston Globe, April 24, 2014
"Snow days, redux" - Carlisle Mosquito, February 12, 2014
"She keeps running and running and running" - Boston Globe, May 30, 2013 
"Camp texts are not what Mom had in mind" - Boston Globe, August 11, 2013
"One small goodbye, for starters" - Carlisle Mosquito, June 12, 2013
"Taller than Mom" - Carlisle Mosquito, January 16, 2013
"Apologizing to Virginia Woolf" - Carlisle Mosquito, March 9, 2011
"Diorama Drama" - Carlisle Mosquito, December 20, 2010
"Age no bar to new endeavors, Carlisle couple find" - Boston Globe, May 16, 2010
"A morality play unfolds at the bagel shop" - Carlisle Mosquito, May 7, 2010
"Life after book clubs a solitary pleasure" - Boston Globe, November 17, 2005