Passion: What You Do Even if No One NoticesI can hold my dad’s professional and passionate pursuits in my hand. They are an assortment of medals with pens with strong insignia. Red…Sep 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021
The House We Thought We PossessedThe metal inside the old peanut butter and mayonnaise jars weighed heavily in my arms as I carried them up from my dad’s basement workshop…Aug 22, 2021Aug 22, 2021
So Many Ways to Start a Story -I’ve been studying first lines and first pages of memoirs. I’ve rewritten mine at least a million times. Well, maybe not that many, but at…Jul 11, 2021Jul 11, 2021
Have you Been Writing? It’s ComplicatedAvoiding an oft-asked question and figuring out the real answerFeb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
The Word of the Year for 2020: Denial Ain’t Just a RiverThey say denial ain’t just a river, but 2020 has been flooded with it. From COVID debunkers to a president who won’t concede the election…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
2020: The Year it All Changed, Or Just a Blip?Is the pandemic a blip on the radar? Or will it have long-term lasting effects on the way we live? At a time when we can’t seem to agree…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
Myths of the Mind: 20 Years After the Decade of the BrainDid you know it has been 20 years since the decade of the brain? The Decade of the Brain, from 1990–1999, was an initiative by the…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Book Review: The Opposite of Certainty — Finding Myself in the StoryI started reading The Opposite of Certainty, a memoir by Janine Urbaniak Reid, because it’s another story about someone with a brain tumor…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
A Group of Artists is Showing How Words MatterAs a writer, words are important to me. I usually write quickly, but still choose my words carefully. When I type, my cursor usually…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
