“Ever go on vacation and wish you’d be someone else for the week? Just really get away from it all, including yourself? Last year, my oldest daughter spent our Hawaiian vacation being a boy.” That’s the first paragraph of my essay “What Happens in Hawaii Stays in Hawaii,” which is on Brain, Child Magazine. I wrote…
Check out my story about a tour of the John Day Fossil Beds region in the Spring issue of Central Oregon Magazine. Read here.
I won second place in the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association Excellence In Craft Contest, for an article in the Camping/Travel category for 2013. The story was written for Alaska Air Magazine last summer and ran in the August issue of both Alaska Air Magazine at its affiliated Horizon Air Edition. Read it here. They sent…
For her seventh birthday last week, Chicken Little got two fancy dresses from her aunt. There exists a longstanding family debate that Little might actually be my sister’s daughter instead of mine. It’s true that at the time of Little’s birth all three of us were in the room. Still, I’m pretty sure I remember…
These days in parenthood, the best conversations are spontaneous, child-generated and fleeting: a hilarious romp you’d better get in on while you can. In the car, on the way home from Fred Meyer: Chicken Noodle: Mom, did you kiss a guy and not marry him? Me: Yes. I kissed several guys and didn’t marry…
Hello! I’m teaching writing classes several times in the next few months. I’ll be appearing with fellow “Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life” authors at Deschutes Public Library, February 9 2 p.m. I’ll be teaching Travel Writing for Fun and Profit and What Editors Want: Getting (and Keeping) Magazine…
“Travel Writing for Fun and Profit” with Kim Cooper Findling Thursday, January 16; 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Nature of Words Literary Arts Center, 224 NW Oregon Ave. Bend, OR Class fee: $30 per person Ever dreamt of becoming a travel writer? This workshop will help you learn to think like a travel writer, pitch…
Cooking With Children, The Graphic Novel Part II: Fire! (See yesterday’s post for Part I) Little leapt on top of me at six a.m. “Mom! Let’s make the chili! Chili! Chili! Chili!” “Urghh,” I responded. I hauled myself out of bed and poured a cup of coffee, completely aware that I was not awake at…
Cooking with Children, The Graphic Novel Part I: Ugly Pie Those who know me know I hate to cook. I say it’s because I have better things to do, but it might just be that I suck at it. My sister can cook a gorgeous Christmas dinner for 12 in heels, diamonds and a…
My story on Lava Lands, Newberry Crater and Central Oregon Recreation is in this month’s Alaska Air and Horizon Air Magazines.