It’s about an apple tree. But, like all memories, it’s about much more than that.
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My Son Doesn’t Eat Leftovers
This is a source of great consternation for me as a connoisseur of leftovers. And hopefully a source of some amusement for you.
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I Don’t Have an Amazing Nineties Voice
I haven’t done karaoke since before everyone had a tiny video camera in their pocket at all times. I think this is a good thing.
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Not Everything Can Be Worn by Everyone…and You’re No Exception
Not everything looks good on everyone, and some things, you just shouldn’t wear. I mean, I shouldn’t. You can probably go right ahead, though.
I’m heading out tomorrow for the fourth annual Women’s Fiction Writers Association retreat in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’m bringing a print dress I’ve never worn anywhere else and I would normally never wear (see the podcast for why). We’ll see what kind of reception it gets.
The Artist, Undressed
No one likes to be vulnerable in front of others. Unfortunately, if you’re an artist of any kind, your best work will only come when you do just that.
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High-Brow Salads, Low-Brow Salads
You may be a fan of farm-fresh arugula and pears artfully plated on one-of-a-kind bespoke ceramic dishes now, but there was a time you thought all lettuce was iceberg…
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On Looking Thirty
The window in which we actually want to look our age is rather small, isn’t it? When we’re young, we long to be older. When we’re older, we long to be younger.
But all we ever are, for good or ill, is what we are. Even if we don’t always look it. <– Click there or on the image below for the latest episode of Your Face Is Crooked.
Woman, in Italics
Bullies. Queen Bees. Frenemies. Whatever you call them, lots of us have had them in our lives. Here’s a little something about mine.
What do I have in common with both Olympic athletes and old ladies?
More than you might think…
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How to Be a (Mild) Rebel
It’s Monday morning, which can only mean one thing — a new episode of Your Face Is Crooked!
This week, I make a subversive fashion choice to assert my independence.
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Erin Bartels 
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