A Year of Creative Escape
"One Year," 3-18-2021 “You’ll make art every week for the next year,” said nobody to me in May 2020. I didn’t say it to myself, either. I didn’t seek pandemic productivity or look to have [...]
Singing in Times of Trouble
In this time of separation and danger, our singing echoes the ancient voices that sang to ward off the plague. Now as then, singing can strengthen us and connect us even as we stay apart.
Working with Wordplay
A vengeful donut lover and a boy who embraces his destiny were the subjects of two micro-stories I wrote on my recent writing retreat.
The Words Around Us
North Myrtle Beach is not an upscale vacation destination, and there's not a bookstore in sight. But it pushes back against rumors of the death of reading.
Fear the Reader
I only wanted to find out when we started reading. But as I pursued this across 5000 years of Western history, I found that there was a more compelling story than just the when and the whom.
Retreating to Write – at Home
If the cost or personal overhead of running away to write is too high, a home office retreat can be a great option. I just finished a two-week, at-home writing retreat. Here's how it went.
If You Can Read This…
When did everybody start reading all the time? When did reading stop being a privilege and begin to be a necessity? And how has technology transformed how much we read, what we read, and how we read it? I'm planning research and writing around these questions.
Cookies: Pride, Doubt, Decisions
What kind of perfectionism makes me eat the uglier cookies first?
Recent Work | “Youth Apprenticeship: An Ancient Path to Modern Success”
Developing a well-planned, business-supported youth apprenticeship program in your school or district helps students learn in-demand skills while still in high school.
Recent Work | METAVERO Collection
Brochures, banners, and postcards--oh, my! I worked with METAVERO, a Chicago company that provides Oracle services, to create a suite of branding components for their conference booth and future use.