Lit from within

Already her images are starting to disappear from media coverage, the courageous 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot for insisting on having her education. Malala Yousufzai has been in my thoughts a lot and, as is my way, I decided to process it through writing....

Getting gritty

I wasn’t quite sure how all my exposure to culture last week was going to converge in a column, but I was pretty certain it would. This one is ultimately about life’s messiness, but it’s got some friendship, a New York Times article by Luis Negron,...

Writers writing

Without question, one of the things I most wanted to do when I visited Paris was sit in a cafe and write. Sure, flip through Vogue, too, but mostly journal with a cup of coffee. It’s one of the highlights of almost every day of my life, so an exotic or foreign...

Transported

Thoroughly enjoyed a terrific 24 hours jam-packed with culture courtesy of New York City. It’s hard to believe I didn’t always live a stone’s throw from Manhattan with the ability to partake in all its opportunities. On Thursday evening my friend...

Writer prompts

Anyone who knows me or reads me regularly knows how much I enjoy The Writer’s Almanac (courtesy of Garrison Keillor) delivered to my mailbox each day. Big thanks to my friend Erin for introducing me a while back to this lovely nugget of daily history. Oftentimes...