How’d you break your wrist, Higgins?
In an attempt to broaden my horizons and have more hobbies that don’t involve eating popcorn, I recently decided to return to horseback...
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KRISTAN HIGGINS
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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Kristan Higgins
Jun 21, 2020
The Golden Hour
The other night, as my daughter and I watched the sky deepening toward sunset, I said to her, “Look at the light! I call this the golden...
Kristan Higgins
Jun 7, 2020
In times of trouble
It is very odd to be promoting a book this summer. Everything is so different: COVID-19 has taken 110,000 lives in the U.S. alone and...
Kristan Higgins
May 26, 2020
Life and Yearning in the Big City
Sadie Frost, one of the characters in ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW, is partly me. All my characters are in the sense that they came from my...
Kristan Higgins
May 11, 2020
Real Life Confessions From Lockdown
You know, we’re all doing our best, I like to think, except for those who are doing actual harm and being idiots during this pandemic....
Kristan Higgins
May 3, 2020
Aqua Notes
A few years ago, a friend sent me a gift: Aqua Notes—a waterproof notepad you can stick in your shower via suction cups, and a special...
Kristan Higgins
Apr 12, 2020
Willow
The first time we saw her, she trotted over to us, the heart-shaped mark on her chest—the reason we chose her—pure white against her...
Kristan Higgins
Mar 29, 2020
A little less irritation, a little more gratitude
It’s lonely to be social-distancing, to be unable to live like we’re all used to. We’ve put our house renovations on hold for the time...
Kristan Higgins
Mar 15, 2020
Things to do while self-isolating
Which is scarier: the zombie, or Brad Pitt’s Little Dutch Boy haircut? For us writers, self-isolation is a way of life. I’m also the wife...
Kristan Higgins
Mar 1, 2020
Home yoga
I’ve been doing home yoga these past few days, using a YouTube tutorial on our TV. It hasn’t been pretty. I can hear my cartilage...
Kristan Higgins
Feb 16, 2020
Dear Brides~
Sweethearts! We are so happy for you, because you are taking this big, important step, and really, we adore him/her and think it’s all...
Kristan Higgins
Feb 1, 2020
So bad it’s great
What might have been I really, really wanted to see Cats as a family this past Christmas break. Not for the singing or the makeup, but...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 19, 2020
This mortal coil
I’ve been reading a lot of books about death lately. I don’t know why. I’ve always been a bit maudlin, which I think is part of my...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 6, 2020
Bittersweet memories
Little house in the big woods. We’re taking down our Christmas decorations today. It’s especially bittersweet this year. McIrish and I...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 11, 2019
Merry Merry and see you soon!
Happy Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa a little early, my friends! Starting December 12thand going through New Year’s Day, I’ll be taking...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 1, 2019
Being and doing
As has been well documented, I’m not a crafty person. I can bake really pretty things, but give me a pair of scissors, and injuries...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 23, 2019
Prayer for Thanksgiving
Dear God, thank you for my family. Guideth my hand, Lord, as I roll out the dough to make some sexy-ass pies, and forgiveth me for using...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 10, 2019
Stupid things ex-husbands say
In the past three years, sixteen couples in my friend group have gotten a divorce. Sixteen! Granted, I know many people, but that does...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 25, 2019
The lies of HGTV
Good at buying stuff: check. McIrish, my sister and I have spent a lot of time at our little house on Cape Cod this past month, doing...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 9, 2019
Country roads, take me home!
McIrish and I went away for the weekend. It was his birthday (happy birthday, honey!), and I had a lovely reader event in Maryland at the...
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