I think I will look back on 2012 as a year that I finally got back to books. After taking a ridiculously long hiatus, mostly due to the exhaustion of first-time parenting and a painfully stubborn depression that lasted-oh I don’t know-about 7 years (no joke), I finally started to literally and figuratively turn the page. […]
The Writer’s Jinx
October 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
It is said that blogging is professional writing for people with no readers, and that is probably true. The twenty-first century has allowed us the technology to express our words into the world uninvited, calling to any willing voyeur who would readily peer over the void into our unedited thoughts. And while I could very […]
Mindrest
May 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
Well, for those of you who have been keeping up on the Twitter feed this weekend, you know that Wendy and I have been relaxing away up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The weather has been winterly springing, with a beautiful fall of snow early yesterday and then on and off through the day. We had […]
Why We Must Read & Write
March 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
We live in Daniel Tosh’s world. A world of freak internet videos. Memes that tritely describe how everyone views us in contrast to how we more accurately view ourselves. Facebook images of what we made for dinner to the endless congratulations of our college dormmates. In a multisensory playground where noise is not all that […]
Best Non-Required Reading of 2011
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Several years ago I discovered Dave Eggers. He wrote a little memoir that became a post-modern phenom called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. While there is much of Mr. Eggers view of the world that I don’t resonate with, he is one of the genius of words of our age (along side Aaron Sorkin). […]
Rhyme and Reason
October 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
“Whether or not you find your own way, you’re bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it’s quite rusty.” I know…. Posting twice in one day is just setting everyone up for missed expectations later on. So […]
