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And the winnahs are…

Withoutscene and Glenda, please email me your mailing addresses.  I shall be adding your additions to my bio posthaste, and then sending you each a book! In other important news, those of you in the mid-Atlantic might wanna know specifically about a few upcoming events that are happening this weekend and next… On Saturday night [...]

Big Big Love events, fall 2011

The new, gorgeous Big Big Love comes out in… 13 days!  Here’s what I’ve scheduled so far for book events.  I hope to see you at one (or more) of these.  Don’t be shy, come on up and introduce yourself!  All events are free and open to the public except where specified. Saturday, September 24 at [...]

Choose the Nutter Butter

Well, we went off together, the Belovedary and the BeloveDad and I, to the Maryland State Fair so as to allow me, the token Midwesterner of the bunch, to get my Fair on a little bit.  I do mean a little bit, because the Maryland fair, by the state fair standards of my youth, is [...]

Happy Birthdayversary Art

Tomorrow is my Belovedary’s birthday, and our 15th anniversary. So I had my dear wonderful brilliant talented gorgeous (and, gentlemen, single!) friend Elizabeth Tamny turn into amazing calligraphy-art a little love poem I wrote for my Belovedary a few years back. It’s so gorgeous I couldn’t wait an extra day to give it to the [...]

Hanne at Harvard 4/12

I’ve been invited to give a lecture at Harvard next month, and I’ve just gotten word that it’ll be open to the public. So if you’re free, please join me on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 pm for “Virgins and Other Indefinite Articles: Thinking Historically about Sexuality, Definition, and Experience” It’ll be in the Thompson [...]

Bay Area! Come see Writers With Drinks!

I’ll be in the Bay Area soon, mostly for family-related stuff, but while I’m there I’ll be reading at the amazing and delicious spoken word variety show, cabaret, salon and agora that is Writers With Drinks on February 19. Sharing the bill with me will be Trinie Dalton, Jason Morris, Ernest Callenbach, and Alex Koll. [...]

The First Intentional Day Of Big Dreaming, Scheming, & Figuring Shit Out

This Thursday, January 13, is the The First Intentional Day Of Big Dreaming, Scheming, & Figuring Shit Out. I just decided this, with the help of some friends on Twitter. You can join in on Twitter (the hashtag will be #dayofdreaming), or privately, or on your blog, or your FaceBook, or on the phone with [...]

My competitive streak is temporarily satisfied

You might not guess it (or maybe you might?) but I have a competitive streak a mile wide about some things.   For the last couple of years, one of those things has been the Cookie Swaps hosted by my fabulous local indie bookstore, Atomic Books.  They’re part traditional cookie swap, part booze-up, and part good-hearted [...]

Strawberry Brunch 5/23

I’m giving y’all the heads up now so you won’t miss it:  I’ll be cooking my last brunch for a while on Sunday, May 23, at Mill Valley General Store (2800 Sisson St., Baltimore), from 9-1. The theme is STRAWBERRIES.  The first fruit of the new season, and I don’t know about you, but I [...]

Mother’s Day Brunch at Mill Valley — Reservations Now Open!

Dear Foodie Friends – I’ll be cooking a special brunch for Mother’s Day, Sunday May 9, at Mill Valley General Store (2800 Sisson St., Baltimore, Maryland), from 9 to 1.  This laid-back but luxe affair will feature your choice of – my own homemade gravlax, made with love from sustainably harvested Atlantic salmon, served with [...]