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Notes from the kitchen table

Short essays on writing, raising readers and the messy middle of making things.

Featured · Behind the Book

The recipe that started it all

Before there was a book, there was a Saturday, a blender and two girls who insisted on doing it themselves.

June 2, 2026 · 5 min read

Behind the Book · June 2, 2026

Before there was a book, there was a Saturday, a blender and two girls who insisted on doing it themselves.

Raising Readers · May 14, 2026

Small, unglamorous things that turn reading from a chore into the best part of the night.

Writing Life · April 8, 2026

There is no perfect writing hour. There is the fifteen minutes you actually take.

Culture · February 27, 2026

I watched my daughter meet a character with her hair. She sat up straighter for a week.