Susan says: Since I have a one year old son, I am always doing a lot of fixing of situations in the form of acquiring, organizing, cleaning, and inventing fun as well as order. I can be very good with emergency situations—small or more serious emergencies. I tend to not panic easily, and even […]

Susan arrives, and DeWitt and I say hello. I ask Susan a version of “are you a writer and what’s that about” that I asked DeWitt. She thought, and then said, “I feel like a writer if either a) I am writing something every day or b) I know someone, even just one person, is […]

Susan Kirby-Smith is also joining us at February’s salon. Susan can simultaneously entertain and fascinate with her wry humor and skillful text message-sized nuggets of wisdom and sharp observation. She is the only person I know who could, if prompted, connect the scented candle trend with modern-day feminism thoughtfully. And she also makes funny possible. I […]