This week’s Butterfly Travels chapter: Cousin Love in New Jersey. I don’t know how I would have survived the teenage years without them..

This week’s Butterfly Travels chapter: I Don’t See Any Buffalo. A family trip to upstate New York brings both joy and confusion.

A sweet and surprisingly complex holiday romance that my kids picked out for me for Christmas. It was really good!

A review of dark fairytales as told by Angel Carter.

Thank and Grow Rich: A fun way to bring more gratitude into your life.

A book review of It Ends with Us, a chilling tale of physical abuse and survival.

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie I love to read books about empowering women. I didn’t think this would be one of them, to be honest. I was just curious to learn more about the wife of Alexander Hamilton. Turns out, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton is not what I expected. From watching the musical Hamilton ad nauseum with my daughter—and even knowing in advance that obviously, it was written for entertainment and not 100% factual—I was surprisingly disappointed in h

My adult perspective on a high school classic.