It’s gone,” my husband said. He was glued to the screen, studying maps of the fire, watching it lick up pear orchards, walnut groves, and...

I kicked my shoes under the bed. If I delay long enough, I thought, we’ll be late and I won’t have to go. Gary handed me two sneakers...

"We'll wear tan pants," the troop leader said. "And matching tee-shirts." Oh, no. I thought. This is going to be a c

I trekked down cobblestones, my plastic flip flops conforming to the shape of each rock while a hot wind bathed my sweaty skin in layers...

A cold wind whipped my face as I stood in the back of a pick up truck with my sister and five other women. Rural Guatemala blurred by,...

I went down a rabbit hole yesterday. I suspect my husband does it all the time, because he’s always coming up with obscure tidbits you...

I raised my hand, and suddenly, life changed. “What the hell were you thinking?” Gary said when I got home. At a meeting, during that...

I pasted a photo of my husband’s belly into an email and hit send. “That felt odd,” I said. Gary’s belly was the shape of an overripe...

The three of us sidestepped our way through an army of timeshare salespeople to where a stranger named David stood awaiting our arrival....

Gary basks in the luxury... of the aisle seat. No extra charge on Southwest Airlines, but you have to get lucky to sit there.