Archive - Writer, interrupted

An Assassination in the Heartland

The pain of political violence

Jun 23 •

When Grief Opens Your Heart

You start a Substack.

Published on Inner Life • Jun 10

May 2025

A Tree Grows Through My Sidewalk

But the lilacs are in bloom.

May 30 •

What I Learned in My Second Year as a Widow

Observing a grief.

May 19 •

The Almost-Good Mother

She couldn't see the good in herself.

May 12 •

April 2025

A Letter from Loneliness

It's been two years since you died.

Apr 15 •

March 2025

8 Questions for... Mary Roblyn

Writer, Interrupted

Published on The Literary Obsessive • Mar 28

And a place to connect.

Mar 23 •

We're Good, Mom. Thanks Anyway.

What can I give my children?

Mar 9 •

February 2025

Unlinked and Unhinged

My husband's dead. Does it matter that I'm still alive?

Feb 7 •

January 2025

The Ghost Who Came in from the Cold

Mischief and mayhem on a January night.

Jan 15 •

On moving forward.

Jan 1 •

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