My Baby's Baby
I just met my first grandchild. Holding my daughter’s son was transcendent. My little girl has grown this beautiful, perfect little boy...
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KRISTAN HIGGINS
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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Kristan Higgins
Mar 14, 2022
The other love language
While it’s been around forever, I just found out about the love languages, which are, according to the Google, words of affirmation,...
Kristan Higgins
Feb 20, 2022
Enough already!
My role model for old age. Is it that I’m becoming a delightful curmudgeon, a la the Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey? Am I just...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 30, 2022
Game night
Let the good times roll. The other day, when my sister was visiting our mom, we decided to have a game night. Oh, readers! It was a...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 9, 2022
Hotel Noël
In case of apocalypse, head for my mom’s. She’s got a few of these stashed in the freezer at all times. While I recently was on Cape Cod,...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 16, 2021
An unexpected angel
Well, it’s that time of year, so I’m going to tell you a Christmas story. It’s not the happiest story, but maybe it’s a good story...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 21, 2021
Those slutty closets
My closet will not look like this, alas. Part of our house renovation means that McIrish will finally get his stuff out of my closet. Oh,...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 14, 2021
Sainted Mother v. Thanksgiving
Sure, it’s a neck. Tragically, I will not be able to chase my mother around the house with a turkey neck this year. I know. I’m sad, too....
Kristan Higgins
Oct 28, 2021
Back from whence we came
Booey, my bear since I was two, remains with us. Of course he does! Our house renovation has now started on the inside, so McIrish moved...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 17, 2021
Demolition man
I may have mentioned that we’re renovating our house…the first home improvements we’ve done since we’ve moved in, back when we were young...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 1, 2021
The Derma Sucker
I had a week off, gang. A week of real vacation time, which is unusual for us authorly folk. We usually have writing, editing, revisions,...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 8, 2021
The Aftermath
Last week, I finished my twenty-second novel. This one was a tough one to write for good and bad reasons. On the happy front, I was busy...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 22, 2021
The not-so-great outdoors
Oh, sure, I love the great outdoors as much as anyone! As long as I can go back to a comfy room with hot water and plumbing and a...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 8, 2021
Talking with myself
As you may know, I’ve been alone quite a bit this summer, working away. I love solitude. I always have. As a kid, I’d hide in the cellar...
Kristan Higgins
Jul 18, 2021
Ode to Providence
PACK UP THE MOON, my latest book, is set in Providence, Rhode Island, a small city with a lot going on. It’s home to eight...
Kristan Higgins
Jul 4, 2021
Movie irritants
Now that is some fresh flannel. There are often details that jerk me right out of an otherwise satisfactory movie or television...
Kristan Higgins
Jun 20, 2021
Dear Old Dads
In PACK UP THE MOON, Lauren is a self-described daddy’s girl. When her dad dies during Lauren’s sophomore year of college, she’s...
Kristan Higgins
Jun 14, 2021
Thoughts from the mother of the bride
Aw. Mike is teary-eyed. Good. What beautiful vows! They’re both so eloquent. I’m so happy! Look at them! They love each other so much!...
Kristan Higgins
May 30, 2021
All grown up
My daughter, my lovely princess, is getting married on Saturday. I am so happy. They say that time flies by, that it seems like yesterday...
Kristan Higgins
May 16, 2021
Pack Up the Moon
One of the things that might not be immediately obvious about PACK UP THE MOON is that it’s a book about marriage, and how to do it...
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