Personal Essays 

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

"Graduation – and a goodbye to the city we hardly met" - Carlisle Mosquito, May 8, 2024
"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