Sleepy but thankful
It’s the morning after an election and I’m in the same state I always am 12 hours after the polls close. I’m sleepy but thankful. This...
Baby Maybe No More
It all happened in just two weeks. Well, it was actually 13 hours shy of two weeks from the moment a friend text me about an expectant...
Tales and Ales
This is how a little idea backed by a hugely generous community resulted in Tales and Ales, a storytelling event in Loudoun County,...
The Case for Real News
This column, Margaret's Musings, appears regularly in Loudoun Now. When I was a child, my mother taught me a lesson about telling the...
While I Was Sleeping
I’m writing this on pain meds and between naps, so it won’t be my best work. But it’s meant to be a testament to how the best things...
Marking milestones
Anniversaries — milestones — are funny things. We’re on a plane, headed to a tropical island to mark, with joy, a happy day that took...
Lucky Fraud
I just got off the phone with the subject of my next book. We schedule hour-long calls twice a week, and these have become my favorite...
Give a little
This is not a blog post on how generous I am. Rather, this is a diatribe on just how stingy I can be, as well as a testament to how,...
Converting That Attic Into Useful Space DIY Style
Note: This column has been reposted from LoudounNow.com. This is not a typical post for this blog, but I figure why not spread a bit of...
Remembering Auntie Linda
This is a guest post from my mother, Caren MacMurchy, who lost her husband (my gregarious, encouraging, exuberant—though some may say...
