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Book Nook: The Good Slope

Motherhood Moments

My first essay for East Side Monthly was published in November 2007, and my last one appeared in July 2018. Ideas came along daily: yo-yos, ukuleles, duct tape wallets, fountains pens, birthday blowouts, stargazing, hermit crabs, Little League games, and trips to Fenway and the emergency room. I wrote about our last day together.

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Generation Now's First Round of Commissions

Motherhood Moments

When Kate meets Paul — a local daily-newspaper-comic strip-artist — the two develop a friendship that helps them both figure out how to speak their truths.