Too Much Katherine Elsewhere, Too

Last week, two flattering things happened to me on a single day.

In the mail, I found a yellow bubble envelope from Penguin USA. A review copy? But at HOME? Wha'? I opened it, and it turned out to be a copy of 'What Would MacGyver Do?,' edited by Brendan Vaughan -- an anthology of essays about personal resourcefulness that includes a contribution from yers truly. I trust you will look for it wherever books are sold.

That felt pretty good, and then before bed, I checked my email to find that a piece of mine had been accepted by Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, a cool site of personal writing about New York that I've admired ever since taking a personal-nonfiction class at the New School in 2002. 'Get a piece accepted on Mr Beller's' has been like the 75th item on my to-do list for four years. So it is with great satisfaction that I cross it off, though I hope it won't be the last thing I'll publish with them, either. (The story is called "The Coffee Incident," and you may have read an early version of it on this very blog.)

Check it: www.mrbellersneighborhood.com

So -- bully for me!