Just Say Yes
As part of my brother’s application to grad school, he decided to share a personal expression with a video. Check it out!
The Potter Has Feet of Clay
I gave away my Dec. 15, 2013 edition of the Washington Post yesterday, untouched and perfectly preserved in plastic. I gave it away like …
Listen. Agree. Add.
There are three fundamental principles to improv. 1) Listen: verbally and nonverbally. 2) Agree: accept what has been said or done. 3) Add: insert …
The Sound of Snow Falling
Just for a moment, I stood still among the falling snow, listening to the flakes free themselves from the white sky above, parachuting like …
Puddle Jumper
The old woman wore a weathered face tucked inside her bonnet. She stood in front of the church begging for money at an ungodly …
On My Own Two Feet
Making a Fist by Naomi Shihab Nye For the first time, on the road north of Tampico, I felt the life sliding out of …
A Summer With the Black Zodiac | Guest Post by Jennifer Recine
Of course I would love to be like every other person at my barn with a horse and say “He has given me wings …
When I Wear My Writer’s Vest, I’m a Super Hero
I wear my writer vest when I’m serious about writing and never at all serious about myself. It’s a dress-up exercise I play when …
“Talk to People Like You Trust Them and Believe in Them”
The firetrucks were already there by the time I had arrived on the scene: somewhere on St. Paul Street in Baltimore adjacent to the …
Away From
I’m a cornfield away from country, a mazed sidestep from the open road where hillside lines intersect and stitch the days I grow old. …
