About
I'm a writer who makes a living writing about work, workplace issues, and technology. From 2012 through 2024, I wrote the Get Organized column at PCMag. I gave it up to write more personal essays as well as reported pieces about women in midlife and aging, though I still cover work and tech a little.
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I grew up in a suburb of New York and moved around a lot in early adulthood: North Carolina, Buffalo, San Francisco, London, Queens, and the D.C. area. In 2015, my partner joined the U.S. Foreign Service and we began moving from country to country every two to four years. We lived in South India during a catastrophic two-year period of natural disasters and political upheaval when the chief minister, affectionately called Amma, was released from house arrest and then died. Our time in Romania was quieter. There, I learned to speak Romanian by chatting with people about their dogs, because Romanians will take in a street dog faster than you can say Transfăgărășan. I fell in love with the volcanoes and birds of Guatemala. We now live in Laos. I've converted one of the bathrooms in our house into a pottery studio where I make pots using yellow clay dug up from a local farm.
Volcano Fuego erupting in Guatemala.
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When I'm not writing or making pottery, you can usually find me outside walking.
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This page was updated September 2025.
My true love, Midgie, and me, newly arrived in India.