ON THE VERGE

Write about me, my daughter says, when I tell her I don’t know what to write about this week. She is visiting from DC for the long weekend, ...

Last week at this time I was digging a hole. It was three feet by three feet and maybe six or seven inches deep. It was hard work, and immed...

1. The town where my husband and I are staying operates on the honor system. We walk into the inn where we have a reservation, and before we...

There's a funny video going around online about how people's names for their pets change over the years. My dog is Zooey, but someti...

We have to tell each other beforehand what we look like. For example, she is wearing a purple sweater. And I say, I am the one in pink. Up t...

This is a story about a dead mourning dove, but I promise it is not a sad story. What happened was I went out into the backyard, and there w...

The news was giving so many warnings. Make sure you have a full gas tank and pack snacks and water in case you get stuck in traffic. Print o...