Sharon's Blog

Believe it or not, belongingness is a word. Moreover, it's a thing right now. Alienation – the antithesis of belonging – is blamed for...

I can't tell you how many summers I've spent rereading Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Let's just say many.

This is not your typical appliance resurrection: I don't use the words “desperate” and “beloved” casually when I say we are currently...

Maybe you've had this experience: You wake up groggy one morning, and while trying to maneuver a piece of bread into the toaster, you...

Have you noticed? We're absolutely captivated by being in proximity to something we love. Even if we can barely see it, being in its...

I get the biggest kick out of clapping for someone – applauding what they've done while softly chanting, “You're good, you're really...

While mulling everything my doctor wants me to do – exercise, eat right, get enough vitamins/ minerals, etc. – I decided to make a deal...

As soon as I read it, I knew Joan Didion's searing insight from her book “The White Album” was the perfect epigraph for mine: “We tell...

One of the things that terrified me as I struggled to write my memoir was the realization that I had to give over my storytelling powers...

I must admit, I don't like most photos of myself. I'll spare you the specifics, but let me just say that I really work at it, and I'm...

When I was 15, I holed up with my best friend Suzie, from across the street, to dream about what it would be like when we were finally...

Among New Year's resolutions, are there any more popular than getting rid of excess pounds and getting rid of excess stuff? No,...

It's big, badly faded, and purple. But I love it. And I have loved it – for nearly 23 years. Not only that, it has a curved frame,...

Skin may be the largest organ of the human body, but really, aside from wanting it to look youthful until the day we die, we don't much...

Having a disability gives you a valuable perspective on the world. It can make you more empathetic, more accepting, more all-around...

A crescendo of nostalgia poured down after my favorite band announced they'd be celebrating the tenth anniversary of their first album...

The march into fall has more power to signal a transition than any other change in the seasons. The cooler nights of late August and...

My Mortality Club met recently after a three-year hiatus. The break in what was supposed to be our annual gathering was created by the...

Ask me what was most amazing about son Ben’s recent Lord Huron show before a sold-out crowd (including multitudes of family and friends)...

Maybe you've been part of a similar conversation: “When are you coming home?” “Ma, I am home. I live in (fill in the blank, but let's say...