Mark up the pages. Fold them. Crease them. Write in the margins and in the white space between the lines. Deface the…
“Are they Jewish?”
“Yes.”
“They shouldn’t discuss that down here.”
This was advice I was given as part of a conversation I had about the possibility of moving to North Carolina. Now…
I am already at a disadvantage with my grammar skills. Many of the writers here are so incredibly smart and skilled…
It’s that simple. In less than 30 seconds, I had directions on how to improve something I have been doing for over thirty years.
Is it the full moon? Likely.
A silent crying out. The muted female mating call. An unreachable longing. An insatiable urge. A location within, for which there is no map. Your voice the cure. The match and the wick. Whispered breath fans liquid flames. Silence…
Today I travelled by road from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam. It took us just under 8 hours because we were forced to stop three times to let VIP convoys pass by.
During that time I spent about 30mins napping and the rest staring out of the car…
I noticed that I was doing as little as possible because I believed in the notion that good things take time. I would read a book or two a month, write once a week, and made small decisions based on where I saw myself in the next…
I’ve always felt amused at the polar opposite meanings of the word blunt.
a. (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point.
b. (of a person or remark) uncompromisingly forthright.
When I was 19, I became friends with a woman who worked for the Boston-based “Bikes not Bombs”. She had been a soldier for the Sandinistas in the Central American war and was a rock-hard leftist. It was from her that I heard the first…
I don’t know how many days of repetition (or weeks, or months) it takes to form a habit. I know its floating somewhere out there a brief Google search away, but I think it may not apply to me. Aside from being a bit stubborn, I also…
I spent a large portion of my childhood at various daycares, day camps and after school programs. Playing outside and participating in organized sports and physical activities were the main source of entertainment in these spaces.
This seems to be a lesson I infrequently forget, and then I always kick myself.
It doesn’t matter where you’re travelling to, take a jumper. Even if you’re travelling in a hot country, take a jumper.