When I decided that “landscapes” would be the next category of photos from my no-longer-extant Instagram account that I would share here on my blog, I didn’t realize that there
A version of this post was originally published on September 16, 2007. A friend, Gaby, had asked me to answer her questions about writing and creativity, and I was responding
Originally published in June 2010. A while back, we attended an open rehearsal of my daughter’s middle school string orchestra. They were preparing for a festival at the time, and
This post was originally published in September 2006. Mostly for my own reference, I’m putting down some (to me) significant quotes from other essays in the C.S. Lewis book. “The
This post was originally published in August 2006 and contains spoilers for “The Life of Pi.” I’m a great believer in synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence, so I don’t believe it