Category Archives: On Relationships
Remembering Tucker
Originally published on Beyond the Margins July 29, 2010. There is a scene in my novel where a dog is put to sleep at a veterinarian’s office. It is a telling moment because the dog’s owner, an emotionally shut-down character, … Continue reading
Wedded to Wallace: The Stegner Marriage
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mwsteg2 NULL.gif) When Mary Stuart Page Stegner died, it came to my attention as a blip in my Twitter stream, tucked aptly between posts lamenting the destruction of nature in the BP oil spill. The fact that she was … Continue reading
A Tribute, A Grumble, A Novel in the Drawer
In 2007, when I was pregnant with our fourth child and our family was preparing for a move from Washington DC to Boston, I sneaked away from the chaos for a three-day publishing conference in New York. I was assigned … Continue reading
Blind Date
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/u-haulsplash-truck- NULL.jpg)Earlier this year I wrote this essay for Redbook…My husband and I celebrated our 15th anniversary this week, which got me thinking about the spirit of serendipity and risk-taking that got it all started. * … Continue reading
Scent, Sound, Words and Memory: Reading with their Great-Grandmother
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/grandma2 NULL.jpg)The lobby was empty, decorated in the orderly, outdated way that nursing homes are. Tired but precise, precisely tired. My mother waited in a corner chair. I was late, but she wasn’t disappointed. It had been a … Continue reading
Say What You Mean To Say
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/200146663-002 NULL.jpg)Words matter. They matter whether you say them or write them, because you never know how you might impact someone. And words don’t have an expiration date. That was the message of a blog post (http://beyondthemargins NULL.com/2012/04/the-power-of-words/) by a … Continue reading
