- Dec 14, 2018
A Scar Where The Heart Should Have Been
I got a tattoo on my recent trip to New Mexico. It was to commemorate the trip, but also to remind me of the years I lived there when I...
- May 27, 2018
Poetry and Marriage: Two Things I Thought I Loathed
I’ve lived my life with the preconceived notion that marriage is merciless and malevolent, but it turns out I may have been wrong. I...
- Nov 19, 2017
Jolabokaflod: A New Christmas Tradition
In Iceland, a tradition exists in which books are given as gifts on Christmas Eve and everyone spends the evening reading. Since I...
- Sep 4, 2017
Why I Miss Date Due Cards
In this age of computerized library managements systems, gone are the little paper pockets containing date due cards and I miss them....
- May 21, 2017
Saying Goodbye to Chris Cornell
2016 was a particularly difficult year in the celebrity death department. 2017 isn’t looking much better. I was bummed when many of these...