Falling Asleep in Court

Falling Asleep in Court

The narrator in my new novel, Three Bodies by the River, is a lawyer who won his best verdict in a case where he appeared to fall asleep. The novel is set in the ‘90’s. While sitting through some long trials during that decade, I became intrigued by those who would...
First Name Starbucks, Last Name Freed

First Name Starbucks, Last Name Freed

I like my Apple Watch, I really do. At least I keep telling myself that. My new book, Three Bodies by the River, is set in the nineties. It was the decade when cell phones morphed from luxury to necessity. As the decade ended, my son graduated from high school. I was...
The Things I Learned from Jigsaw Puzzles

The Things I Learned from Jigsaw Puzzles

For the initial six weeks of the pandemic last year, I was not allowed to work. I had not had six weeks off from work since I left home at 17 for my first full time job, at a summer camp. While I didn’t work full time during school, I always had one, sometimes two and...
How to Be Crazy Amazing in Difficult Times.

How to Be Crazy Amazing in Difficult Times.

Remember that moment?  When this all started. When you knew it was going to be something.   Two days before, I had planned to be in New York City to run a half marathon. My bones had been hurting whenever I went over six miles.  At mile ten, I felt really, really old....