Out of the Loop: In Search of a Life More Ordinary

This post is an excerpt from my new book, Free At Last: Live, Love, and Work Abroad as a 21st century Global Citizen — When I was eight years old and in the third grade, a new girl arrived in our musty wooden classroom at the four-room Bark Street School (built...

Thank You Italy, For Giving Me Mama’s Boys

You really have not heard the word “mama” until you’ve heard it come out of an Italian’s mouth. Better still, from the mouths of your own Italian children. “MA-MAA!” Each syllable is drawn out, flush full of adoration which can only be pronounced and...

Help! I’ve Got the LOOK

  This is a post for Flashback Friday from November 23, 2007.  While I feel somewhat bad that my last two posts have essentially been re-posts, it actually means I’m doing lots of animation now instead of writing which is very good for my upcoming film,...