I can’t find the just-right word to describe the moment I open a gift from my mom. Experience. Adventure. Delightful. Episodic. To all the moms out there who send gifts on their own terms – authentic, honest and wrapped in love or newspaper or comic strips – I want us all to remember that laughter is the best gift. The Reading Experience Some of the neatest conversations I have with my mom are around literature. She faithfully visits her local library and picks up three books at a time. She hates fiction – “Why would I read made up stories that are dumb?” she asked me once. She loves nonfiction, as you will notice from the books shared. Each book she sends to me is a treasure. Some of the most recent titles are here: Stephen King’s On Writing to explore craft. I have read and re-read this book. For anyone wanting to begin or improve their writing approach and technique, this is for you. Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West b...