So Many Stories in a Day, Brevity Blog, July, 2024

The Vanished Dreamers, Summer, 2024

A Marvel of Chaos Multiplicty, Summer, 2024

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