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Word Mule: the words we carry
We smuggle them quietly into conversations like mistrustful refugees, over state lines and country borders, into friend’s houses where...
Sep 11 min read


The Mountains Between Us
I travel to an exclusive summer conference in the West. It is as if the mountains themselves have been strategically parted to contain...
Aug 184 min read


Porch-a-Geese are flying off the shelves!
In case you missed the NPR report a few weeks ago about how some Americans are contemplating our political, socio-economic, environmental...
May 271 min read


It is a calm, sublime day
I bask in the warmth of the sun amidst the subdued chatter and the delicate clinks of silver against the white ceramic plates. I am on...
May 111 min read


Sticky Bars and North Face Jackets
There is something familiar and oddly comforting about the sticky smell of a bar steeped in Grand Marnier - sloppy bartender spills that...
Nov 3, 20242 min read


Losing Our Collective Mind
and with that all semblance of a shared reality. Natural disasters are now being framed as political ploys to upend elections - the...
Oct 24, 20242 min read


One Bad Bunny
When I was young I used to wonder what prompted adults to what seemed like overnight become oblivious to Pop Culture. I would eyeball the...
Oct 7, 20243 min read


It's America Baby
As our brains sizzle through triple-digit heat, an election looms like a fatal diagnosis that wants to be ignored. How did we get here -...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


When one goes, so goes another.
They stand like paper dolls holding hands in silent solidarity quietly sharing in their sensitive row. Easy to tear - not to repair. I am...
Jun 9, 20242 min read

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