My friend Lydia is a therapist, and whenever I launch into this or that lament—inevitably something she’s heard 100 times alrea...

Have you ever seen *Triscuits* masquerade so successfully as dinner?   I'm not offering you a recipe today. In fact, what I'm o...

Wake me when there's ham. Thank you so much for entering the contest so enthusiastically! And for your fantastic book recommendatio...

Miriam Klein Stahl's illustrations are sublime. Rad American Women A-Z . Can I be proud without sounding like someo...

I am posting this recipe here--an older one--by special request. It is one of my all-time favorites. In my dream, I arr...

You are lovely, you are. How many times have you shored me up? Countless. Truly. Thank you, now and always, for your ki...

1973 Thank you for your kind condolences. Your words have been so comforting to me. I will be back very soon with food and books and lot...

I've got your back. Especially if what's on your back is 100 falling-off buttons, and you need them sewn on in the single minute b...

KellyB. Please email me with your address! And thank you all so much for playing. Real post coming soon. xo

What? Just because she looks like a person more likely to forge a pole axe and come after you with it than make a little peg doll? #watch...