

Letters from France: Getting to Know You
He is slim as a cigarette, with white skin, and black hair. His eyes are blue, the whites very white. From his lower lip to his neck, he...


Letters from France: Return to a Happy Place
My move back to southwest France met some, let's call them administrative, challenges. I knew to expect to expect hurdles, because I’d...


The Army Behind You
Letter to a Friend Battling Cancer, an Excerpt: My darling girl, look at what you have overcome. You have all the skills to fight,...


Magical Thinking and the Power to Change
Although I forgot to ask the purpose of the coyote tail in the plastic bag pinned to the wall, and I didn’t purchase a single thing, my...


Five Habits of Highly Ordinary People
Of the many things to love about my son, two are his passion and curiosity. His mind has eaten its way through lucid dreaming, medieval...


The Stories of Oscar, Luis, & Levander: How and Why We Learn in Groups
It seemed like a lost cause trying to prep these middle school boys for a state mandated standardized test that was only weeks away. The...


Thinking Doth Make It So. Not.
When Hamlet's old chums, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, come to find out what’s troubling him, Hamlet tells them Denmark is a prison. They...
NADA Spring Collection
Video Advertisement (spoof) for NADA footwear collection. 46 seconds.


SEO, Frisson, and the Craft of Language
The other night I walked down the river path to a gathering of Women in Communications. These ladies know how to reach out in a social...