Some vignettes from the last two weeks.

Karma is a good book.

This is not a gift guide.

Forced pregnancy is a lot like breaking and entering.

Messy thoughts on marriage, religion, and my own insecurities.

The Texas Rose Festival can’t be explained—only experienced. I think the same could be said about Tyler, Texas.

I read the dragon book so that you don't have to ... but maybe you should.

There are no songs written for the bad guy in the break-up.

The name of my newsletter comes from the French idiom, avoir un cœur d’artichaut.