My most annoying coworker
Self-employment has revealed some troubling personnel issues
Stepping In It
A newsletter about managing the messes we inherit, create, marry into, work inside of, and occasionally become. Often wry, often right.
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Out the window
The school year needs a better ending
Trash hands and no croissant
I told my father I would write this and he said “go ahead”
Boot Barn
The August ritual of getting a kid out the door — and the first year nobody needed me to manage it
Summer 2026 Bright Spots
My birthday gift to you: a scattered accounting of my summer
Walt Whitman never said that
I'm not judging, I'm just asking. (I'm judging.)
The extortion hamster
I can buy my own gold stars
Sincerely, Karen
On names that arrive as promises, and those that arrive as verdicts
Intimidation tactics
Am I intimidating, or is it just my hair?
I am a grown-up and this is just a needle
Soft food, common faints, and other minor catastrophes
Hermit crab races
The lessons learned and the lives lost