Category: Blog

  • Do Something

    I am always proud of the good works you do. To celebrate, pamie.com gets a birthday present: the brand new Help section. Use it for inspiration, connections and change. Today: Steinbeck’s Library Crisis, Art, Walks, a Bi-Lingual library in need, and Schuyler.

  • The Curviest Number

    So, I’m thirty. Today. “Drew Barrymore just turned thirty,” stee says from across the breakfast table. He’s got that tone — hesitantly trying to cheer me up. That’s how many people have approached me over the past week. “Soo…” they start. “Someone has a birthday…?” Like they expect me to stop them in the middle…

  • Big news at Buffalo Bill’s

    Big news at Buffalo Bill’s house.

  • An Update

    [readermail] Dear Friends, I am leaving Wednesday for Africa and I wanted to send this email out to thank everyone for their amazing outpour of support. As of Friday, we have raised over $35,000 for the refugees in Chad and Darfur…most of that coming from small, personal donations. My letter was forwarded to over a…

  • Here’s how to help Schuyler

    Here’s how to help Schuyler get more words.

  • Currently reading: Suburban Safari: A

    Currently reading: Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn, by Hannah Holmes. Recently finished: The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty Rebels on the Backlot : Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System, by Sharon Waxman The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay The Effects of Light, by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore I’m…

  • testing…

    I started getting email again at 8:30 last night. I think the website’s DNS has resolved. I think everything is back to normal. (I think.) (Thanks, JD.)

  • My hosting company is changing

    My hosting company is changing servers this week, causing some DNS issues and an empty inbox. Please be patient.

  • no, really, we’re fine

    I totally didn’t feel this, but everyone I work with did. Yes, mom, I’m fine. No, mom, I’m not moving home.

  • I keep starting entries and

    I keep starting entries and then deleting them, which leads me to think it’s time to take a little Spring Break. My days are spent deep in book revisions, which is way too boring to discuss over here. I’ll come back when I start to have something that resembles a life.