The month of Cape Cod
I want to thank you, readers, for the past four weeks. It was a very busy year. I wrote a book, went on two book tours, attended at least...
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Kristan Higgins
Feb 24, 2019
A rather exciting afternoon
Luther’s other true love So…My plotting friends had just left, and the ocean was wild, the tide very high. I thought, hey, I’ve been...
Kristan Higgins
Feb 12, 2019
Days alone
If you’re a writer, there is something that I think is almost always necessary to do what we do…solitude. For each of my books, I’ve...
Kristan Higgins
Feb 3, 2019
The white stuff
I’ve been going gray since my twenties, but things sped up after I had my kids (not blaming you, Princess and Dearest, but if the shoe...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 21, 2019
The subtle art of not flirting
I recently had a college-age reader write to me and share the fact that she’s never had a boyfriend. She professed to be ignorant of how...
Kristan Higgins
Jan 13, 2019
Fika my life
This weekend, I had the opportunity to talk to the Philadelphia Romance Writers, and, being good writers, they took me to a bar...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 30, 2018
My delicate flowers
I like to give blood; it makes me feel holy and heroic. “One pint saves three lives,” they like to tell you. Friday was a rainy day, and...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 10, 2018
Labor of love
If you’re Hungarian, you know the wonders of what are simply called Hungarian cookies. They’re humble-looking little things folded into...
Kristan Higgins
Dec 2, 2018
Kristan’s Christmas Crafting
It’s that time of year again when I once again spend $300 at a craft store, waste countless hours and come to the oft-proven conclusion...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 18, 2018
Oh, the humanity!
After several family interventions and one emergency visit from the United Nations, my mother has agreed to relinquish chef duties for...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 11, 2018
A serendipitous ending
Dear little Josie The other night, I got a text from my neighbors and close friends Josie, their young and skittish doggy, had bolted,...
Kristan Higgins
Nov 4, 2018
Heartbreak dreams
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the day my father was killed by a drunk driver. He didn’t get to meet the man I’d marry, or see any...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 28, 2018
Better left untried
Last night, McIrish and I had the unique experience of sharing the family house on Cape Cod with my sister. We’d been there all together...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 21, 2018
The blues
The other night, I was feeling blue. No real reason…just blue. It wasn’t fatigue or sorrow or anything in particular. Maybe it was...
Kristan Higgins
Oct 14, 2018
Forever young
I have a cousin with special needs. She was born when I was thirteen or fourteen, and I’ve been kind of crazy about her ever since. She’s...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 30, 2018
Tips from a former cleaning lady
I used to work as a housekeeper for a motel. It was disgusting sometimes…the things people left for other humans to pick up was...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 23, 2018
Sisters
I don’t remember when my sister came home from the hospital; I was only fifteen months old. In fact, I don’t remember ever being without...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 9, 2018
When you can’t think of a blog…
…you do this instead. I admit it…I’ve had a quiet week and can’t think of a dang thing to write about. Those are actually some of the...
Kristan Higgins
Sep 3, 2018
The urge to judge
When I was a young adult, I had a friend—Jane, not her real name. Jane was an editor at a big publishing house. Though my friend was only...
Kristan Higgins
Aug 26, 2018
Mama’s home cooking
Mmm. Italian food! In GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, there is no happier time than dinner at the DeFelice family home. Mom is a great cook and...
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