Laughter Archives

On Living with a Novelist: Plot–or at least Deal with the Laundry

I plot all the time–in work and real life. (Actually, I prefer to call it scheming. That sounds a little…
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Four generations of spitting images, that is. I’ve been with my adorable grandchildren this week. Yesterday, I watched my four-year-old…
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I’m married to a logical, reasonable man who grew up in a nuclear family with plenty of older sisters but…
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My father-in-law gave us a subscription to American Spectator magazine some 30 years ago. I ying and yang on my…
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I grew up in a household with a mercurial, creative, option-loving parent. He meant well, but his word simply wasn’t…
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I’m seeking order, as usual. My colleague Wendy Lawton and I share a major belief. We both think if we…
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