Karen Bristow - Adventures in Writing, Eating, Parenting and Living

  I’ve recently gotten back into writing. I used to do a lot more of it than I have been the past few years (enough of it to get a few short stories published). My problem lately, though, I think, is that I put way too much pressure on myself to make...

I like to write my first drafts on real paper, long hand. I seem to think better that way. And I like to spend my lunch hour over at the cafe across the street from my office, hunched over one of the tables with earphones on, music playing, scribbling...

Last week was “Teacher Appreciation Week” and it got me thinking about that small group of teachers that I can point to and say, “I will never forget you.” There was Mr. Rattenni, my 8th grade Industrial Arts teacher who made...

Twenty years ago this month, I attended my first prom. Last weekend, I got to experience a parenting milestone as my eldest son attended his. (I won’t go into how old I now feel…) I had no idea how to approach it from the “mom&rdquo...