I wrote this in 2023, and today felt like a good time to share it again. Enjoy! “Oh Sweetie, you’ve got a stain on your beautiful new...

I took off for a few weeks this summer. After 10 years and hundreds of daily or weekly essays, I needed a “sabbatical” of sorts. It...

I'm taking a couple of weeks off before. In TV, they call it a "hiatus," but that sounds too formal. I just need a couple of weeks to...