Just now I discovered that Dr. Ben Shaffer, a very successful orthopaedic surgeon, committed suicide in 2015. It’s been nearly 27 years since I last… Read More »Why do successful people commit suicide? In memory of Dr. Ben Shaffer
On the way to work today, I listened to NPR’s interview with book author Garrett Graff. Many people called in or left online comments about… Read More »On 9/11 I was in Panama, riding
Transitory State On August 28, 2005, I published my first blog, with Blogger. I had recently returned to Spain after spending the summer in California… Read More »Three’s the charm: Migrating blog data
Twenty-seven (27!!??) years ago, I made up my first pin number. I was in Spain, and I needed to be able to withdraw money from… Read More »Passwords and Passion
When I asked for advice on writing my cover letter for tenure-track job applications, I was told to address what I had done in the… Read More »That gap in my cv
How to write a novel… I was going to use On Writing for a title, but then I remembered that Stephen King had taken it.… Read More »How I write a novel (with suggestions on how to do nanowrimo)
I fell in love with Madrid the first year I spent in Spain. I was living in Palencia, a small city in Castilla-Leon whose residents… Read More »Madrid, miscellanea
The first time I saw the sunrise over the Mediterranean was in 1989 (possibly 1988). (About me) I’m pretty sure it was March of 1989;… Read More »Sunrise over the Mediterranean: Valencia, Spain, July 2015
It’s good to be back. What I love about being in a capital city, especially one like Madrid: My watch died somewhere between Norman and… Read More »Hola España
Yes, I am a writer (mainly novels and academic papers, but my one published book is nonfiction), horsewoman (grew up showing Morgans, amateur jockey, &… Read More »Day 1