I RAN MY FIRST WRITER’S ROOM! I can’t believe it began, and I survived, and that it’s done. Showrunning is basically like suddenly becoming a CEO after spending many years making little bracelets in your …
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A room of one’s own
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again I dream of bacon
If I wrote my dreams into an episode I would get a note that they’re too on the nose, they live on my nose as I sleep. I dream, again, of bacon, always bacon. I’m …
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worst case scenario
Making our will, we’re forced to think about the worst case scenario, what if we both died, where should the kids go, who should take care of them? We decide what makes the most sense …
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you’re doing a good job at home
My hair stylist asks me if I’ve noticed a texture change in my hair, since I’ve gotten older, have I noticed the fact that I’ve grown a full bowl cut of post partum hair under …
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Three cakes
50 years ago today, my in-laws got married, they were all of 19/20, and all my dear Mother in law Cam wanted was a gorgeous wedding cake, chocolate with Vanilla icing. But for some reason, …
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my brain has eyes
Joe says his brain has eyes, and the he can see into other people’s feelings. He says his eyes are so strong, they can see 100 things, the cars in the distance and the airplanes …
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cake dusting
New tradition: make your child a birthday cake that is far too large for a single family to consume. The night of their birthday, after candles and cake, slice off giant pieces of the cake …
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Mother
For the first time in my twelve years of TV writing, I am RUNNING A SHOW, an adaptation of a beautiful book about female friendship and grief and gift bags and cheese. I feel at …
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barf
Nothing makes you feel more like a parent than rescuing your kid from their own barf, pulling their warm body to you as they shake, sort of confused as to why their dinner just came …
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two kids
I finish work early and rush home so I can pick Joe up and take him for ice cream, but I also haven’t seen Bobbie all day, so we all go to get ice cream, …