To the Best of Our Knowledge
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm on the public radio show To the Best of Our Knowledge this weekend, yakking about How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth), which just came out in paperback. (The ...
How To Break Up the Banks
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have the world's tiniest Op Ed in the New York Times today. It's a list of 18 ways to break up the big banks. (It is here.) President Obama and Secretary Timothy Geithner, are you listening?
And I Want to Be a Paperback Writer
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A nice review of "How to Live," just out in paperback, from the Chicago Tribune. Click here. UPDATE: My publisher has just ordered a second printing of the paperback! There WILL be Christmas at the Alfords this year!
Thought of the Day
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I've met someone who speaks exclusively in single entendre.
The Tastiest $11.19 You’ll Ever Spend on Amazon.com
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The paperback version of my book, "How to Live": she has arrived! It comes with a reading guide for book groups--my publishers and I have had great responses from book clubs who have used "How to Live" as a springboard ...
Thought of the Day
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It's freezing cold today. I've upgraded my wool scarf from chador to burka.
New Year’s Thought
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Too much wassailing can lead to wassault.
All Things Considered
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I had a fairly somber segment on "All Things Considered" on Tuesday--they're doing a series of obituaries called "Lives of the Unnoticed," and my team's offering was about a beloved, if occasionally peevish, contributor to the travel website Fodors.com named ...
Holiday Lies
Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I had a story in the New York Times yesterday about the lies that we tell during the holidays. The story is here; maybe it will help you.
How Is My Mother?
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Because my mother is the de facto protagonist of my most recent book, some of you may be wondering how Ann is doing. Swimmingly. More specifically, though, you may be wondering how she is shouldering the burden of having been ...
