Last chance to register! Let’s write our faces off in 2026.

Friends I’m teaching an hourlong lunchtime writing workshop over Zoom on 11/18 at 12pm CST! It’s called JUMPSTART YOUR WRITING IN 2026, and the Zoom Recording will be available for 1-week! Jumpstart Your Writing for 2026: Goals, Vision Boards, Tips, and more! www.eventbrite.com/e/jumpstart-...

Delighted to be performing a ghost story at Writers Theatre in Glencoe! Tuesday, Oct. 28th at 7pm, tickets are pay-what-you-can, and the theme is Spooky, Scary Stories. Come for a frightfully good time!

Join me for this lunchtime Zoom (recording will be provided!) on Tuesday, Oct. 14th at 12pm cst. Giddyup! (Just because) www.eventbrite.com/e/lunchtime-...

Good stuff coming up on Sept. 30th: a writing workshop and film screening of my short film THAT OLD BEAUTIFUL LOVE! www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-s...

Join me for this screenwriting/ how to workshop!

Good stuff coming up on Sept. 30th: a writing workshop and film screening of my short film THAT OLD BEAUTIFUL LOVE! www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-s...

Always proud to shout out @stanchion.bsky.social!

What a week, huh?

I like the costumes category bc every time they cut to a nominee it’s someone you’ve never heard of who is clearly the coolest looking person in every room they walk into

I’m not being dramatic in saying that Chicago’s Springish weather today is borderline erotic.

I randomly walked by @connieschultz.bsky.social and Sherrod yesterday and internally screamed and fangirled because my era is freaking out over Pulitzer-prize winning journalists and serve-with-heart politicians. Celebrate good people that continue to do good when everything is bad.

My son turned 13 today. We took him here.

Yes, it’s bitterly cold but every now and then, in the early morning hours, I get a little blissful winter moment.

Shocking no one with this news but @roxanegay.bsky.social and @theferocity.bsky.social are wonderful and hilarious; their friendship is so endearing.

Just registered; can’t wait!

This is an appalling level of cruelty for numerous reasons. Right now, I am thinking of the additional, intentional harm his lies are inflicting on people already steeped in shock and grief over the deaths of their loved ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

Thinking about how often I've navigated new and daunting responsibilities by just pretending I am a person who can do them, which usually turns out to be true (or true enough). I realize this is just "fake it till you make it," but it's amazing how often faking it IS making it.

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Cherry Blossoms at Tidal Basin in 2023…🌸🌸🌸

uh-oh

I'm just glad I didn't hear about David Lynch on LinkedIn

A LOT IS GOING ON.

A good writer will never bullshit you

Happy New Year to you…

We’ve come together this New Year’s Eve to admit (as a whole) that the ‘Auld slang syne’ interlude in the Sex & the City movie was way too effin’ long.

bill nye’s full name is william new years eve

The New Yorker finally rejected my poetry submission from 2+ years ago…in a way, I’m a little bummed because this long ‘In-progress’ Submittable streak kept things weird and interesting.

Please enjoy this shot of Elvis getting a polio shot backstage at the Ed Sullivan show as part of a pro-vaccination campaign in 1956, posted here today for no reason whatsoever

This is so insane

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

I feel like I should have put this together way earlier in my life…

Someone save me, I’m drowning in cyber Monday emails from companies I purchased from 22 years ago…

In 2008, my dad had emergency quintuple bypass surgery on Thanksgiving morning. My in-laws drove up to Milwaukee and dropped off a full turkey dinner for us in the ICU waiting room, complete with this turkey planter. Dad’s still here, btw. 🙏 Grateful for all the ways that family shows up.

Had the best time performing my nonfiction story ‘When I was 18 & Airborne’ at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. Oh, the joy of live storytelling!

Bluesky feels like I took a Time Machine back to 2009 when I was still like “Hey this social media thing is going to make the world a better place.”

Good morning. Thank goodness for dogs and their little smush faces.

A safe place to hide from morons is a library or book store.

Made a bourbon chocolate pecan pie for my husband’s birthday this weekend using NYTimes recipe, and it was a slam dunk. Also makes for an excellent breakfast! www.scribd.com/document/610...

Need a break from the insane world? Do you want to sit in a gorgeous room and hear incredible stories?! Tuesday, 11/19 at 7pm, I’ll be performing a nonfiction story at Writers Theatre in Glencoe about being mid-flight and seeing the airplane engine explode. my.writerstheatre.org/7964/7993

Hey poets + poetry lovers! The Off Campus Writers Workshop welcomes the lovely Catherine Barnett on 11/14 for a workshop on Syntax & Improvisation. The event is in-person and livestreamed on Zoom. Join us! ocww.info/event-5806838

Well…I’m here.

The writers have dragged me here. I’m furious and grateful.

My daughter’s library haul. I’m allergic. 😳

Today I saw a Little Free Library that contained half a bag of chips and a copy of Fifty Shades Freed.

A blue sky for BlueSky. Fleeting moment before the sun snuck away.

The weekend has arrived.

Shout out to dogs.

I am very upset.