I didn’t sleep Monday night. I’m sure many of you were the same. I’ve always said that news doesn’t take a holiday or a day off. Apparently it doesn’t sleep either. The violent acts at Michigan State University aren’t the first time I’ve been unable to turn off breaking news coverage. When Damar Hamlin collapsed […]
Every time I tried to write this column it sounded sappy and poetic, two things that I secretly am but don’t like to admit. But that’s what this column is about. One year ago on this day, Feb. 4, I published my first book. That is a wild sentence that I never thought I’d say. […]
Sometimes I think that I’m pretty good at being an adult. I have a job, I’m married, I have a house, I keep two dogs alive and happy, sometimes I bake things and I read for fun. But there are two things I have to do as an adult that just aren’t fun or easy: […]
Anyone who has been following the paper lately has probably read some pretty downer dog stories. Animals are something I care deeply about, and I, like many of you, could use a happy dog story. About a year ago, I got a big, memory foam bean bag thing for our guest room. The room is […]
By now, we’re a week into the New Year, and everyone is hard at work on their resolutions. Not I. Well, I had two resolutions, but I try to not make the resolutions about myself, but about a project I’d like done. The two I have are to publish my third book (which was a […]
I’ve never been big on social media. Not because I don’t like it or think it’s a waste of time, I’m just bad at it. I think Twitter is kind of scary, I don’t want to watch people’s lives through Instagram, and Facebook I keep because it lets me see thrilling posts from my Grandma, […]
Now that December is here, I can say my Christmas decorations are up without judgment. I’ve actually had them up since November 1, because I love decorating. This year, I have a white, silver and mint green color scheme, which I planned last year. My best advice is to go shopping a few days after […]
One thing many people might have guessed about me is I’m a millennial. That means I love my dogs like they’re my children. Because they are children. I have two best friends who are moms, and they both agree with me that my dogs are worse than their kids were, so I feel valid in […]
For anyone who doesn’t know, I’m a writer. I know, shocker. But I don’t just mean that I’m a journalist, I’m also a self-published author. I’ve written two books, and am working on two more, which has lead me to participate in NaNoWriMo. For those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. […]