Running on Faith & Glowsticks
Two weeks ago I rode my bike for 8 miles. In the dark.
I’ll Take My Coffee Sweet & Light, Please
There wasn’t a lot of good news in the world last week. There’s the mess in Ferguson (and yes, mess is a huge understatement, but I’m not sure that one word exists that would capture it.) We lost Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams. The later whose death stirred up discussions about depression — some for …
The Long Island Traveller
It was early Saturday morning, the end of our week at the beach. A week in which we fell into a new routine. One where the alarm didn’t go off and things were less hurried. Saturday marked the change in that routine, so we lingered long over the coffee in the gazebo overlooking the ocean. Neighbors climbed …
This is Not a Race – Stop Running Past the Scenery
Last year, at the very end of the spring semester one of my advisees stopped by my office with her mom to finish a little bit of paperwork. They had just packed up the last of her things from the residence hall and were on the way home for the summer. We chatted about her summer …
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The Souvenirs I Couldn’t Fit in My Suitcase
I just got back from San Antonio (hence the Alamo picture above). The Riverwalk is a wanderer’s dream, especially if you wind your way past the more populated area near the convention center to the quieter area near the art museum. It just keeps getting better if you walk even further into the recently redeveloped Pearl …
Curled up with Babysitters & Commune Members
My dad was an elementary school librarian until he retired a few years ago, which meant that over the summer I had unlimited access to an entire library full of un-checked out books. I could read book after book after book of the Babysitter’s Club back to back with no risk of the next one …
‘Til the Sweat Drips Down My …
It’s summer here in Virginia. This means two things: heat and humidity. I’m talking skin-blotching, sweat dripping down your back kind of days. This past Sunday was one of them. On top of the heat, it was also the sort of relaxed, roll out of bed, put on your favorite jeans kind of day.
3 of the 8 Million Stories in the Naked City
I’ve written about New York before. I’m lucky to live close enough that I can get there regularly, eradicating the need to cram every. single. thing. into a long weekend. Instead there is time to wander the streets, sit in hotel lobbies and just drink it all in. My previous New York posts have all …
Chicken Fried
Over the last couple weeks, while preparing to launch my latest book out into the world, I also decided it would be the perfect time to roll out the changes to my website that I have been planning for some time. This meant a lot of time spent in front of a computer, moving and tweaking words and …
How to be Alive
UPDATE: HOW TO BE ALIVE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. My new novel will be released on Monday, June 30. Also known as, this coming Monday (also known as very soon!). It was long journey from those first words on the computer screen to holding the print book in my hand for the first time …
