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Swapping One Washington for Another
For Corinne’s spring break at the end of March, we planned to travel to Washington state. Scheduled on Amtrak’s Empire Builder, we would depart Chicago on Saturday and…
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Mom Guilt…It’s Totally a Thing
Mom guilt (and dad guilt, I suppose) involves that inexplicable feeling of being responsible for something you can’t possibly control. You aren’t a good enough parent. You could…
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Can’t Help Who You Fall in Love With
(For all the grammar police, I know the headline should use whom. “Can’t Help With Whom You Fall in Love” sounds all kinds of wrong though, so “Can’t…
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No One Escapes Their Internet Past
We all know that nothing ever really disappears from the Internet. How many times have we seen a deleted tweet in a screenshot retweeted over and over and…
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Living the Life of an Unreliable Narrator
By definition, an unreliable narrator in a book (or any kind of story really) is one whose integrity has been compromised. You can’t really give them the benefit…
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Forever Spoiled by “A Time to Kill”
John Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, didn’t become a bestseller until its release as a trade paperback. A practicing lawyer in Mississippi, Grisham spent four years…