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When I was younger, I thought cantaloupe, avocado and coffee were the nastiest things a person could consume. Now, my quest for the not too ripe avocado takes a good portion of my grocery shopping tri...

I’ve never been all that into antiquing or thrifting. It always felt like it took a lot of time to find something that might not be quite exactly what you wanted in the first place. Thanks to Internet...

I guess we can say that another round of college application processes has come to a successful close. Two kids, two acceptances to their first-choice schools, two processes so completely different th...

For weeks I have been searching for a small ray of light at the end of the tunnel that isn’t an oncoming train, and finally, the Universe came through for me when I was least expecting it: the laundry...

The last few weeks have felt like major downers. I was determined that this week, no matter what, I would find something lighthearted to write about. I mean, things were sort of looking up, right? The...

“Be curious, not judgmental.” As with many great, and kind of obvious, quotes, it was recently popularized by cultural phenomenon Ted Lasso, but probably has its roots elsewhere, possibly Walt Whitman...

I had hoped that 2025 and the catastrophe of major projects that it turned into was behind me, and in a way, I suppose it is, as the last few weeks could have been worse, but I gotta say, I’m tired of...

I was sitting in a crowded natatorium, surrounded by a few hundred other people, watching our kids compete. I got a news alert. At first I didn’t look. I’ve been trying to hard to be in the moment and...

This is my 500th column and the 10-year anniversary of Life with Liz. It’s a little overwhelming. When this whole thing started, I’d been married for 10 years, with a 9-year-old, an 8-year-old and a 5...

Two moms’ deaths made headlines recently: Tatiana Schlossberg and Renee Good. Both stories have been on my mind almost constantly. I was profoundly moved by Schlossberg’s piece in The New Yorker. I am...