To Be or Not to Be an Artist. A Letter To My 17 Year-Old Self

This is a re-post of  something I wrote as a guest blogger for the website, Admitopia. They had asked me to advise teens who were considering going into the arts. In the end, I only felt comfortable advising myself. ___________________________________   Dear high...

Instant Mood Boost: A Facebook Thought Gift Experiment

Have you ever logged into one of your your social media accounts and wished you could find just the right words to cheer up an entire hoard of people all over the world across time and space with just a few choice key strokes? There’s plenty of negativity out...

Reasons I Can’t Make a Blog Post Today

  4th Birthday Party to plan. In-laws coming to visit. Three classes to teach. Younger son has a fever. It’s Registration time and 19 advisees with 30 minute appointments each at the University to fit into my schedule. Why do we only have three forks? Have...

Why I Support Northampton’s Clown

Creepily-dressed clowns appearing unexpectedly in public just can’t catch a break anymore. The Atlantic Wire Online on September 15th reports: The poor residents of Northampton, England are living in a nightmare scenario straight out of a Stephen King novel...