String of Pearls, Midstory Magazine, April, 2024
Teacher First, Well Schooled, April, 2024
Jane's Candy Dish, The Keepthings, August, 2023
Final Dress Rehearsal: On Finishing my MFA Thesis, Brevity Blog, June, 2023
This Time for My Son, Grown & Flown, October, 2022
Visiting William, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, September, 2022
The Headmistress as Writer, Brevity Blog, July, 2022
26 Shards of Loss, Multiplicity, June, 2022
Fighting the Impulse to Stay Numb, Education Week, May, 2022
About the Hankie, Yankee Magazine, January, 2022
Home is Where the Heart Is Halfway Down the Stairs, December, 2021
Spun Glass, Bending Genres, August, 2021
Secateurs, Brevity Blog, August 2021
When I Think of Thee, Dear Friend, Tiny Love Story (scroll down the the last one in this series, New York Times, August, 2021
Well Schooled: The Site for Educator Story Telling, Founding Editor and Contributing Author, ongoing
Bookclique, Contributing writer, ongoing
Writing About Writing, August, 2020
Mad Libs and Pandemics: A Schoolteacher’s Musings - Brevity Blog - April, 2020
What Is School Without the Students? - Grown and Flown - March, 2020
Before Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes - Mothers Always Write - January, 2020
Try to Breathe and Savor the Next Few Months, Head of School Tells Her Seniors - Grown and Flown - January, 2020
Circles of Life - Community Works Institute Journal - September, 2019
by subscription: Returning to Chekhov - Under the Gum Tree - Summer, 2019
On Embracing the Unexpected After Page One- Literary Mama - 8/28/17
Writing Life: How Not to Get an MFA - Hippocampus
Not Pompeii - Feminine Collective - 5/22/17
Nesting - Mothers Always Write - 2/20/17
Luckier Than I Deserve - The Manifest-Station - 07/28/2016
Recent Writing...
About Girls...
Gloria, Arianna, Kakenya and Me - Huffington Post Education - 02/17/2016
Voice and Vision: How Girls Learn to Lead and Resist Leading - NCGS Raising Girls' Voices - 10/01/2015
Girl Power! - Huffington Post Education - 07/18/2014
28 Things I Want Girls to Know... - Huffington Post Education - 06/07/2014
Strength vs. Stressors: Building Resilience to Help Girls Manage Stress - NAIS Independent School Magazine - Summer 2013
Reunions: Remembrances of Girlhoods Past - NAIS Independent School Magazine - Winter 2013
About School Leadership...
Interview Etiquette, NAIS Independent Ideas Blog, 2018
Cultivating Resilience - NAIS Independent Ideas Blog - 2018
For the New Year, Nine Mantras and Mottoes - NAIS Independent Ideas - 01/04/2016
Nurturing Resilience: Reminding Ourselves What Kids Need - NAIS Independent Ideas - 03/17/2015
Some Rules of Thumb for School Leaders from My Experience as Head of School - NAIS Independent Ideas - 08/17/2015
Better Together: Parenting a Child in an Independent School - Huffington Post Education - 12/11/2014
Strength vs. Stressors: Building Resilience to Help Girls Manage Stress - NAIS Independent School Magazine - Summer 2013
About Teaching...
The Lead Writer: Modeling the Habits of Writing for Students - NAIS Independent Teacher - Spring, 2018
W-A-T-E-R: Annie and Helen in the Theatre - Huffington Post - 06/30/2016
Love the Words - NAIS Independent School Magazine - 03/2016
Senior Night - Huffington Post Education - 02/05/2016
Mom's Math Anxiety - NAIS Independent School Magazine - 01/26/2016
For the New Year, Nine Mantras and Mottoes - NAIS Independent Ideas - 01/04/2016
Voice and Vision: How Girls Learn to Lead and Resist Leading - NCGS Raising Girls' Voices - 10/01/2015
A Booster Shot on Parents' Night - NAIS Independent Ideas - 09/08/2015
Collateral Sorrow - Huffington Post Impact - 05/20/2015
Stand on the Table! - Huffington Post Education - 08/20/2014
This Land is Our Land Huffington Post - 7/14
About Motherhood...
White Knuckles - Mothers Always Write - December, 2018
Growing Paperwhites - Grown and Flown - December, 2018
Wondrous - Mothers Always Write - December, 2016
Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Game Six of the World Series - Huffington Post 11/06/16
Pioneer Daze -Mothers Always Write - October, 2016
Hold The Memory Close; Let It Go Again - Mamalode - 10/04/16
Want No More - The Good Mother Project - 09/18/2016
Work Life Balance, Ha! - Mothers Always Write - 04/18/2016
Ailments - The Good Mother Project - 03/20/2016
The Care and Feeding of a Carnival Goldfish - Literary Mama - 3/2016
Soapsuds - Mamalode - 03/06/2016
Before Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes - Mothers Always Write - 01/18/2016
Dog Whisperer - Huffington Post Parents - 12/22/2015
Lighting the Darkness - Cleveland Jewish News - 12/03/2015
The Baby We Didn't Adopt - Mothers Always Write - 11/16/2015
Violins of Hope - Huffington Post Arts and Culture - 10/01/2015
Goat's Adventures Abroad - Mothers Always Write - 09/21/2015
On the Mend: Grappling With Resilience - Huffington Post Education - 07/30/2015
April Cruelty - Huffington Post Women - 04/13/2015
Morning Meditation - Huffington Post Healthy Living - 03/04/2015
Double Sixes: What Backgammon and My Daughter Taught Me About How to Lighten Up - Huffington Post Parents - 02/03/2015
Keep On Chewing - Huffington Post Women - 11/25/2014
Taking Comfort - Huffington Post Parents - 09/02/2014
In the Time That a Blueberry Ripens - Huffington Post Parents - 08/01/2014
This Land Is Our Land - Huffington Post Post 50 - 07/03/2014
Post Mother's Day Blues - Huffington Post Parents - 05/13/2014
The Better Late Than Never Seder - Huffington Post Religion - 04/21/2014
Hummingbirds on Holiday - Huffington Post Parents - 04/11/2014
My Daughter, Jo March - Huffington Post Parents - 03/14/2014
Growing Up With Curly Top - Huffington Post Women - 02/18/2014
What's in a Name? - Huffington Post - 02/04/2014
About Family / Memoir...
Summer's Lease - Topology Magazine - August, 2017
Right Here - Feminine Collective - August, 2017
If God’s Up There and you Think He’s a Good Guy, Say Hi for Me - The Legendary -
In the Time That a Blueberry Ripens - Huffington Post Parents - 08/01/2014
This Land Is Our Land - Huffington Post Post 50 - 07/03/2014
Dog Whisperer - Huffington Post Parents - 12/22/2015
Lighting the Darkness - Cleveland Jewish News - 12/03/2015
About Writing...
Writing the Quiet Memoir - Brevity Blog - 7/20/18
Writing Despite the Obstacles - Brevity Blog - 7/19/17
After Page One: Delight - Literary Mama - 09/20/2016
Kindred Spirits: In Praise of Online Classes - Brevity - 07/26/2016
After Page One: Why I Write - Literary Mama - 07/01/2016
Morning Meditation - Huffington Post Healthy Living - 03/04/2015
Finding the Words: A Visit with Naomi Shihab Nye - Community Works Journal - 2014
About Theatre...
W-A-T-E-R: Annie and Helen in the Theatre - Huffington Post - 06/30/2016
A Working Mother's Take on 'Hamilton' - Huffington Post Parents - 05/13/2016
Chapters in Anthologies…
Fury: Women's Lived Experiences During the Trump Era, ed., Roost and Hirshfeld-Flores “The Cat and the Cardiologist”, Spring, 2020
What I Didn't Know by Creative Nonfiction (20 true stories about what it takes to be a teacher) - “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, Fall, 2016.
Other...
Violins of Hope - Huffington Post Arts and Culture - 10/01/2015
Growing Up With Curly Top - Huffington Post Women - 02/18/2014