I've had some big kitchen fails over the years. Like the time I had my boss over for a Cajun-themed dinner, and the blackened chicken smoked us out of the apartment in the middle of winter.

I was not completely honest with my husband the other night. He, from the living room, asked me, on the deck: Who are you talking to?

At this point in its existence, the actual writing of In Light of Recent Events (shorthand: ILORE) is a bit of a blur.

This blog originally started as my top 5 favorite movies. While I love movies and do have some true favorites (big hugs to you, Raiders of the Lost Ark), I find that it’s the quality TV series that really stay with me.

I was a musician long before I was a writer, having learned from my mother how to play folk guitar when I was eight.

It officially started in 2000, though the seeds were planted a few years before when two characters appeared in a free-write exercise during one of the weekly sessions that I used to go to for the Burlington Writers Group.