Betsy Ashton

I sit here looking at my bracket chart, unable to begin the process of seeing how soon said bracket will be busted by a team I never considered. I've read what the bracketologists have said. None really know, since the games haven't been played yet. I love college...

I had planned to write the end-of-year blog post about what happened to me last year. Some of it might have been true; some of it might have been fantasy. Each time I sat to write, I found that, while my year had been good, it hadn't been all that memorable. I mean, I...

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting advice. Most of this is unwanted, or at least not requested. Some of the "advice" I received included "always write about what you know." I can tell...

...to say that "age matters." To say it doesn't belies the fact that age drives nearly everything we do from birth to now. As babies, we receive our vaccinations on a schedule parents and doctors agree upon. We begin school when we reach a certain age. In my case, I...