A month or two ago, on the beach So, it's been fifteen years since I married this guy. That seems at the same time, very reasonable an...

We lost our pup last week. He was almost 13, in a breed that usually lives 12-14 years, and I am so grateful he spent all his years with us....

 One of the casualties of pandemic life at la casa Bryant has been date nights. As people who have never been married without children (I al...

We had a school holiday on Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There are only a few Americans who stand high enough in our country...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

It's April and you know what that means:  The AtoZ Blogging Challenge ! For those who haven't played along before, the AtoZ Bloggi...

It's almost Valentine's day, so romance is in the air. I'm trying to avoid the chocolate this year, so I'll focus on the lov...

My teaching life is about to step up into full gear again. I'm in teacher workdays this week. They are interesting days with a range of ...

Gender and societal roles is an integral part of Going Through the Change,  nowhere more obviously than in the marriage of Linda Alvar...

Curiosity Quills Press  will publish Going Through the Change on April 23 (20 more days!).  Time will tell, but I've got a ver...

https://spsnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/chanukah1.jpg I married a nice Catholic boy a few years ago. As we approached our first ...

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Continuing my Christmas story. You can read the first three parts here: Part One : In which Gillian and her sons get stranded on the way t...

I love going to readings. There's something magical about the atmosphere--just being in the room with all those people who also love boo...

I'm visiting my folks this week, on the way to GenCon Writer's Conference. Like a lot of daughters who became mothers, I know that m...

I finished a draft of my new novel on Thursday. So, in celebration, I bring you a #saturdayscenes from Cold Spring , my historical fiction...