Crutches, Color, and Confidence

On a Friday night almost exactly 21 years ago, I was alone. My boyfriend was at Jam Box with his band. My roommate was with...

Book Report: My Kind of Place

In the introduction to My Kind of Place, Susan Orlean confesses that she loves to travel – even to places that don’t sound wonderful. When...

Statistically Speaking: January

This year, I am trying to learn from my blog stats, but as usual, in January I was distracted by the more creative search terms...

Book Report: Beggar’s Feast

Crows and squirrels. Beggar’s Feast is crowded with these urban vermin, potent symbols whose meaning I could never quite make out, just as I could...