Nothin' Quite Like Giving Up
Thick, chalk smothered air blows around me. Everything closes in more in the summer. Humidity. Goals. I brace for the lift. Grit is...
Two Lines of Poetry
The book was just one, Of one hundred and twenty Books Assigned to years Two languages Two lines of poetry. I laugh because yesterday I...
Looking for Pockets
“When I was a kid, I always wanted something in my pocket,” my dad recounted. “Candy. Wheels. That’s why I started smoking. It was...
Father's Day: A Master's Class in How to Write Dialogue
Most dialogue practice connects somehow to observation. For example, a quick search about writing dialogue leads you to a Master Class...
Still Working on Kind
Most weekends for dessert, I choose a movie to watch on Netflix. I was pleasantly surprised to see Divergent as a 'new' option. No...
Graduation Day(s)
As a professional, I always worked in educational programming. However, my current position was the first time I was involved in...
The Unofficial End of Spring
If Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, then it must also be the unofficial end of spring. If not in the calendar...
A New Way of Feeling
Love is a form of sweet labor -- fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary...
Cake Decorating is a Construct
Open conversation class often teaches that topics can be more illuminating when your vocabulary is limited. For example, several months...
