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The Newness of Risk 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
“Why am I such a wimp?” one of my friends moaned in despair. “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I be that adventurer I used to be?” I listen closely because the question and tone are familiar; often ric...
The Importance of Misbehaving 9 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
One of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes identifies a writer as someone who has trained his or her mind to misbehave. I chose it as the representative quotation in the ‘Who Says?’ column on my blog last ...
A Workshop by Any Other Name 26 Jul 2013 | 02:30 pm
“Eat fast,” my bunkmate said. “We have to be at Shop soon.” “If you need supplies, you have all day,” I informed her; trying hard to show I’d acclimated to the camp schedule. “The shop doesn’t close u...
What’s The Difference? 12 Jul 2013 | 02:30 pm
A group of seven seemingly disparate people came together recently to begin a creative workshop experience unlike any other; at least, none they’d come in contact with before. The idea germinated in a...
Are Kids People, Too? 28 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
Years ago, I might have said ‘once upon a time’ it seems so foreign now, a real estate office I worked in kept its supply of current newspapers stacked in the copy room. Mailboxes lined one wall and a...
Passion 2, Too! 14 Jun 2013 | 02:22 pm
I was only half listening last weekend during the Q &A when a woman asked about the astounding level of passion the young musicians performed with. It always happens. Every summer concert with the mus...
Summer Reading 31 May 2013 | 02:00 pm
“The list has come,” my mother announced, waving two pieces of paper at me from the desk under her bedroom window. I was lying on the floor watching dust motes dance in a shaft of sunlight, an activit...
The Christmas Present 17 May 2013 | 02:02 pm
“Don’t say I never did anything for you,” my father announced, knocking his snow boots together at the heels like a Nazi on parade. It was the best way to get the frozen buildup off without shaking th...
Balance of Power: Dynamism Denied 3 May 2013 | 02:00 pm
Born in New York City, balanced uncomfortably on the cusp between the end of WWII and the post-war economic boom, I nonetheless had a unique vantage point to observe the developing international Cold ...
Balance of Power: Dynamism Denied 3 May 2013 | 02:00 pm
Born in New York City, balanced uncomfortably on the cusp between the end of WWII and the post-war economic boom, I nonetheless had a unique vantage point to observe the developing international Cold ...
