this woman’s work: dawn friedman’s blog

List as we head into the holiday

I’ve never cooked the holiday turkey or hosted the dinner. We always go to my dad’s or to my inlaw’s and I’m more than ok with that. Tomorrow I’m in charge of bringing the soda pop — this I can do.
I am totally wired on caffeine from the strong coffee my friend served me. I [...]

I could use your help

Meet Quinn.

Isn’t she about the cutest thing ever? Quinn and her big brother Gage have polycystic kidney disease. What this means for Quinn lately is that she’s really really tired and itchy and she’s getting new injections, (which don’t tickle, let me tell you) and she’s about to have a kidney transplant. Quinn’s big brother [...]

"The idea of precision, though, is sort of interesting. On the one hand I want the language to be right. On the other hand I don't want to grab my reader by the back of the neck and say, 'See, this is what I mean.' Although there are moments when I regret that I didn't, when you see wild misinterpretations or careless readings of something you hoped had been written carefully. But I'd rather take that risk. I'd rather hope the spell of the language is somehow sufficient."

~Alice McDermott